Petunia and love for Lily? NOT

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 137328

jjjjjuliep wrote:

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:

vmonte:
Merope? I'm confused, wasn't she a witch already? Didn't she die
young? Besides, why would JKR be laughing the way she is in the quote
if she was talking about Merope?

We have three choices for who this person is:

1. Filch (Who everyone thinks is a Squib.)
2. Mrs. Figg (Am I remembering her name wrong? She is also considered
a Squib.)
3. Petunia (Who everyone thinks is a Muggle.)

I could see why JKR would giggle about any of the above people
turning out to be the late bloomer.

But I think it's Petunia. JKR likes to get revenge on nasty
characters. She is not going to kill them, that's for sure. Having
Petunia and her family die at the hands of DEs would be the worst
thing JKR could do.

I can see the posts now:
I feel so bad for the Dursley's, no wonder they never cared for
Harry. This must have been why they resented Harry so much. I really
liked it when they locked him in his room and starved him...
See where I'm going?

But making Petunia a witch would be sweet revenge. This is the worst
thing that could happen in Petunia's eyes (except for Dudley turning
out to be a wizard) while at the same time be the funniest thing that
I could see happening to her.

Of course this is just my opinion.

Vivian