Petunia and love for Lily? NOT

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 137701

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> I don't think JKR's "but" means anything at all.  Nothing at all.  
> The interview we have is a transcription of a live interview.  People 
> speak differently than they write, they misspeak, they use ummms and 
> hmmms, they start sentences they don't intend to finish, and they 
> often carry on conversations with the questioner, the moderator 
> and/or the audience.  IMO way to much is being read into an 
> interjection from a live interview.
> 
> jujube

Hickengruendler:
 Here's the part about Petunia again:

>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.<

If "but" doesn't mean anything at all, than why did JKR say that 
Petunia being a Squib was a very good guess? JKR specifically said, 
that although Petunia was a muggle, there's more to her than meets the 
eye. That means that "but" in this case means indeed "but", namely that 
although Petunia is just a muggle, there's a "but".