Petunia and love for Lily? NOT

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 137444

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jjjjjuliep" <jjjjjulie at a...> 
wrote:
 
> 
> From a more literary point of view:  JKR isn't really given to 
cheap 
> stunts in the books.  I can't see an episode in Book 7 where 
someone 
> suddenly gets superhuman powers to turn the tide.  All of Harry's 
> victories have come as a result of study and/or practice, coupled 
> with his bravery. 

Hickengruendler:

Like when the Ford Anglia saved Harry and Ron from the spiders? Or 
when Grawp appeared right in time to chase off the centaurs? Or when 
first the Order members and later Dumbledore appeared exactly at thr 
ight time in the Department of Mysteries to help Harry and Neville? 
Or when Fawkes appeared in the Chamber of Secrets because Harry 
believed in Dumbledore? I agree that Harry is very brave and has also 
learnt a lot of things that were helpful to him in the fight, but JKR 
never was above using a Deus Ex Machina, if she felt it was 
necessary. Therefore I can easily see someone doing magic because 
they are threatened. And I personally agree with the theory that this 
someone is Filch. He also tried to learn magic for years, therefore 
it would also be the result of his studies, and not a total Deus Ex 
Machina.

I don't think that JKR's "but" after her answer about Petunia 
indicates that Petunia is the one, who performed magic late in life. 
I think with "but" she meant that Petunia is a muggle, but her 
situation is comparable to that of a Squib, since she, too, has 
background information about the wizarding world, without being able 
to be a part of it.

Hickengruendler