[HPforGrownups] New (?) theory on Petunia (was: Hagrid and Magic)
Mira
anurim at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 8 16:09:50 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 132271
--- smilingator4915 <smilingator81 at aol.com> wrote:
> I understand that MoM has probably been keeping a
> close watch on
> Harry while he was at Privet Drive. And they do know
> that Harry has
> been the only person in the Dursley household who
> has shown magical
> ability up until that point. The fact that the MoM
> assumed that
> Harry performed the charm is what threw me. Yes,
> everyone makes
> mistakes, but I thought that was a huge one, seeing
> as how the
> Ministry was warning Harry of expulsion. I would
> think that they
> would want to make sure they were sending the letter
> to the correct
> individual. We all know what assuming does...
> As someone has explained to me (sorry, I can't
> remember who it
> was!), this part of the story definitely shows early
> on that the MoM
> has some problems and they do not always get
> everything right. So,
> even in the WW, there is error.
You gave me an idea, sorry if it has been discussed
before, I haven't seen it yet anywhere. Jo says that
Lily had quite often tested the limits of the Status
of Secrecy... what if she had done magic during
holidays, but blamed it on Petunia? This way Petunia,
slower to defend herself, or proud that she was
believed able to do the advanced magic Lily was doing,
or fond of her sister, or afraid of Hogwarts, was
thrown out of the wizarding world, perhaps even
threatened with Azkaban, and started hating Lily with
passion...
No, I don't really believe it is true, because Jo told
us Petunia is not a witch, which seems to mean she was
never registered with the MoM, but seems fun to
predict anyway.
Mira
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