What Petunia Knows (Was Re: Petunia and love for Lily? NOT)

[Sherry]

No: HPFGUIDX 137461

jjjjjuliep wrote:

> At this point, with one book to go, [JKR]'s not going to be 
> introducing convenient and previously unmentioned and unsupported 
> storylines like this into the story. 
> 
> > > JKR has made it abundantly clear that 1. Muggles cannot do magic,
> > > and 2. Petunia is a Muggle.
>
> The canon says, uneqivocally, that Petunia is a Muggle:
>
> The Evans family is Muggle through and through, with the sole 
> exception of Lily--not unlike Hermione's case.

[See jjjjjuliep's post for her citations from JKR's interviews.]

Amontillada:

I agree--It might be Petunia, but it would be *what she knows* rather
than what power she has.

esmith222002 wrote:
> > 
> > As for Petunia, canon suggests that she knows more about the 
> > wizarding world than she is letting on. We also have canon that 
> > Petunia is a nosy neighbour. Therefore, I'm sure she would have 
> > been interested in Lily's 'world'. IMO, Petunia has a piece of 
> > information that is going to help Harry.
> 
jjjjjuliep wrote:
> I do agree with this assessment of how Petunia will surprise us.
> 
> I think Petunia will produce the letter that 
> Dumbledore left with Harry and also reveal the mystery behind 
> the "PETUNIA REMEMBER MY LAST" Howler.

Amontillada:

I, too, am thinking along these lines. Alternatively, Petunia may
reveal some information that Lily gave her, maybe even something that
Lily asked Petunia to keep for her--intending to come back for it, but
never had a chance to do so before Voldemort killed her. If, as other
people have suggested, Lily worked in the mysterious room where
witches and wizards, it might be connected to that which would help to
reinforce Harry's link to love. 

At the end of HBP, it seemed to me that his link to love was in danger
of being overwhelmed by his fury/hatred toward Snape. Dumbledore
always stressed that love was the great thing he had that Voldemort
didn't. I'm firmly convinced that will be central to his victory
(however he wins it) in the seventh book.  

My two cents, or tuppence, or whatever they're worth!

Amontillada