Petunia

[Freud]

No: HPFGUIDX 113978

Lately I've noted a disturbing tendency for some enthusiasts in 
other HP forums to discuss Petunia from the point of view that she 
secretly "loves" Harry and never meant to cause him serious harm.

Hello people!  You don't make a child you love sleep under the 
stairs.  You don't ignore their physical, emotional and mental needs 
24/7.  Petunia was an abuser who made Harry pay for real and 
imaginary emotional slights inflicted upon her by other people.  

Both Pentunia and Snape seem to enjoy making young Harry, an 
innocent, pay for their past.  It is sad to see adults growing 
older, but never wiser.        

Petunia does NOT love Harry, never did love Harry, and these 
speculations of a "deeper" Petunia are truly absurd.  

I have pondered quite sincerely what Dumbledore could have possibly 
meant by the note he sent to Pentunia saying "remember the 
last".....causing the neurotic minx to even defy her beloved Vernon, 
stating the boy would have to stay...

Why would Petunia do this?  Not because she cares about Harry, that's 
for sure...

Why can't she throw Harry out?  When she picked up the baby was 
there some kind of "binding" spell placed on her by the great 
D?      

That led me to thinking about what Petunia does care about....Why 
would she obey Dumbledore, a wizard of all people....?  Petunia 
appears to have one true goal in life. She wants her muggle world to 
stay the same.  She wants Dudley to grow up to be a big Vernon.    
She wants to pretend they are "normal" forever.  Surely she knows 
that Voldemort was, and is, a threat to her world too.  

It is just a guess but I think "remember the last" refers to the 
last stand with Voldemort...perhaps the magic that protects Harry
protects Petunia too.  

If so, she truly is an ungrateful wench!

Tabekat the Geek
May the verse be with you!  =^..^=