Petunia and love for Lily? NOT

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No: HPFGUIDX 137265

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:

> Petunia is definitely the witch that will show powers late in life.

???  JKR has said, quite directly and distinctly, that this is not 
the case.  

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http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/news_view.cfm?id=80
J K Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival
Sunday 15 August 2004

Is Aunt Petunia a Squib?

Good question. No, she is not, but—[Laughter]. No, she is not a 
Squib. She is a Muggle, but—[Laughter]. You will have to read the 
other books. You might have got the impression that there is a little 
bit more to Aunt Petunia than meets the eye, and you will find out 
what it is. She is not a squib, although that is a very good guess. 
Oh, I am giving a lot away here. I am being shockingly indiscreet.
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JKR has made it abundantly clear that 1.  Muggles cannot do magic, 
and 2.  Petunia is a Muggle. 

Second, I think it's pretty clear with Book 6 that Merope is the 
person how uses magic late in life.  The magic late in life comment 
goes back to 1999:

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http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/1999/0399-
barnesandnoble.html
Barnes and Noble interview, March 19, 1999

Will there be, or have there been, any "late blooming" students in 
the school who come into their magic potential as adults, rather than 
as children? By the way, I loved meeting you, and hearing you speak, 
when you came to Anderson's in Naperville. I can hardly wait until 
you tour again. 

Ahhh! I loved the event at Anderson's. It was one of my favorites. 
That is completely true. No, is the answer. In my books, magic almost 
always shows itself in a person before age 11; however, there is a 
character who does manage in desperate circumstances to do magic 
quite late in life, but that is very rare in the world I am writing 
about. 
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Merope was thought to be a Squibb; we learn she is not.  It is the 
magic she does which is the pivotal point for the entire book; 
without her late magic there is no Tom Riddle/Voldemort, and without 
Tom Riddle/Voldemort, there is no series.

> I have a bad feeling that the Dursley house is going to be attacked
> in July when Harry turns 17. The DE's will be prepared for a
> confrontation with Harry but not with Petunia. It sounds like this
> late bloomer, according to JKR, is suppose to show signs of their
> power during a moment of crises.

As you can see from JKR's own comments, Petunia will not be doing 
magic.  :-)

jujube