Petunia mystery (new idea?)

[adrieneamadis]

No: HPFGUIDX 135565

I've been reading the transcripts of a lot of JK's interviews and she 
gives some really interesting clues or hints. One was about Petunia. 
In answer to a fans question JK replied that P WAS truly a muggle, 
but that guessing she was a squib was a good guess. She also said 
there's more to P than meets the eye, or something like that.

I thought that squib comment to be very curious, so I checked some 
other comments JK made about P and found this. JK says when 
Dumbledore sent P the howler that said "Remember my last!" He used 
the term "last" because he had sent P letters(note the plural) 
previously. That means P knew DD prior to Harry arriving on her 
doorstep and had multiple correspondence with (or from) him. 

Now why would DD be sending letters to one of his students' muggle 
sister? Some sort of emergency maybe? Something along the lines 
of "You're Lily's closest relative and she needs your help" sort of 
thing. Or, could the letter have had nothing to do with Lily at all. 
I kept thinking about JK's squib comment. What is a squib? A muggle 
born to a wizard family who often wishes they were magical. Remember 
Filch. What if P was the opposite? A magical person born to a muggle 
family who wished she was non-magical? What if P had gotten her own 
letter inviting her to Hogwarts? Somthing she's ashamed of and never 
mentions. Maybe DD tried to convince her to attend Hogwarts without 
success and then devised a way for her to relinquish her magical 
powers and abilities so that NOW she is "truly a muggle". Maybe she 
even briefly attended Hogwarts.

Remember in PS/SS Petunia hints that she has abit more knowledge of 
the wizarding world when she tries to  get vernon to see that nailing 
up the doors and windows won't prevent the letters for Harry from 
being delivered. Of course she grew up with a witch, so this might 
not mean that much. But what about the time at the beginning of OotP 
when she slips up and reveals her knowledge of dementors and Azkaban? 
She then explains: "I overheard - that awful boy - tell her about 
them - years ago".  To which Harry replies " If you mean my mum and 
dad, why don't you use their names?" P doesn't respond to this which 
could imply she DOESN"T mean his mum and dad. Add to this the fact 
that JK said in another interview that Petunia over heard Lily 
talking to "someone" about the dementors strongly implies that while 
it WAS Lily, it was NOT James. 

A friend of mine is convinced it was Snape, what with all the 
possible Snape-Lily connections popping up. In HBP, Professor 
Slughorn keeps going on about how great Lily was at potions, Snape's 
obvious forte. Could they have connected over their mutaul talent? Or 
could Snape have admired Lily from afar for her talent at potions. 
Also, in Snapes Worst Memory(OotP), Lily tries to help Snape. Snape, 
obviously embarrassed and angry calls Lily a mudblood. But did he 
really mean it? After all, we now know Snape is a half-blood himself.

I've never believed the Snape/Lily connection before, but I must say 
I'm becoming convinced. Could Petunia have overheard Snape and Lily 
talking at Hogwarts? Or could Snape have ever visited the Evans home? 
Now that REALLY makes me think!


Adriene