Petunia and Dumbledore (was: SPOILERS. Re: JKR site update)

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 114817


 Dungrollin:
> PS what odds are you giving on Petunia's house? I can't see
> how she'd fit anywhere, perhaps the hat spat her out again.

RedLena replied:
>>My above opinion about Muggle Petunia aside, *if* she *were* a
witch and sorted into a Hogwarts house, I'd expect her to be put
into Hufflepuff. Here's why... she's not brave enough to be a
Gryffindor, she's not smart enough to be a Ravenclaw, and she's
clearly not a pureblood which seems to cut Slytherin out of the
running. Though I'd expect she'd be unlikely to be very popular in
any case.<<

HunterGreen:
Hufflepuff, really? Hardworking, maybe. But loyal? Perhaps to her 
husband and son, but not at all to her family (her parents and 
sister). Fair play? Not at all. I'd see her more as a Ravenclaw. She 
seems to be very nosey and constantly thinking. She's not as dim as 
she appears. 
As for Dudley, hard to say. Not Hufflepuff, because he's not fair, 
hardworking or loyal, and not Gryffindor, because like Draco he acts 
brave but gets scared easily (walking around with his hands over his 
backside in GoF, being *terrified* after the Dementor incident in 
OoP), and not Ravenclaw, because he doesn't seem the brightest, nor 
interested in learning (a specific comment is made about him not 
touching books in PS/SS), and he can't be Slytherin because he's not 
pureblood, nor is he really that ambitious. Although he does seem to 
only care about saving himself, and he would use any means to achieve 
his ends, so it *could* fit, at least better than any of the others.

However, Dudley is *not* magical, according to the Edinburgh Book 
Festival:

"Q: Is there more to Dudley than meets the eye?

A: No. [Laughter]. What you see is what you get. I am happy to say 
that he is definitely a character without much back story. He is just 
Dudley. The next book, Half Blood Prince, is the least that you see 
of the Dursleys. You see them quite briefly. You see them a bit more 
in the final book, but you don't get a lot of Dudley in book six—very 
few lines. I am sorry if there are Dudley fans out there, but I think 
you need to look at your priorities if it is Dudley that you are 
looking forward to. [Laughter]."

Personally, I'm quite happy with that. I'd rather Petunia be the one 
with a hidden side than Dudley anyway. (personally, I interpret her 
comments about Petunia to be too vague to be sure of anything). I am 
quite intrigued by the fact that her and Dumbledore were exchanging 
letters, perhaps she was more interested in her sister than she let 
on.