[HPforGrownups] Re: Petunia and love for Lily? NOT

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 137539

jjjjjuliep wrote:


>  > 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.
>  > -----------------
>  >
>  > > JKR has made it abundantly clear that 1. Muggles cannot do magic,
>  > > and 2. Petunia is a Muggle.

> Where on Earth, or in the books and interviews, is the canon for
> this?  I am extremely perplexed as to how the author of the series
> can say over and over that Petunia is a Muggle and yet those comments
> are completely ignored.


> If the canon says, without the trace of a doubt, that Petunia is a
> Muggle, and this is said quite clearly by the author herself--the
> person who knows how the books are going to turn out and the person
> who has never lied to us in interviews, then how is it possible that
> Petunia is going to do magic?  I am completely perplexed.  Do the
> author's own words mean absolutely nothing to some people?
> jujube

Kathy writes:
     I think one of the key phrases taken from JKR's interview is " She 
is a Muggle, but." While we know that Dumbledore's protections will fall 
upon Harry reaching his majority, we do not know anything about Lily's. 
It is also not really drawn to our attention that the same blood flows 
in Petunia's veins. We don't really know how the "blood" protection 
works or how that transfer of blood to Voldemort will affect anything. I 
could imagine, that under attack, and in life-threatening circumstances, 
that same blood protection could cause a magical reaction similar to 
uncontrolled magic in children by Petunia. It could be that Lily 
believed that someone of the same blood could be trusted to protect her 
son and that they would have to be protected somehow themselves in order 
to protect Harry. It's going to be a long two years.
KJ