Muggle born magical sibs?

[Elizabeth Glazier]

No: HPFGUIDX 130226

heather the buzzard said:
>Her complaints about Lily were that
>her parents adored having a witch in the family, they were so proud of
>her.  It seems, to me anyway, that her primary dislike of Lily was the
>favouritism rather than the magic itself -- she grew to hate the magic
>because of the favouritism, rather than the other way around.
Bazile:
And this, in my opinion is why Petunia shows so much favoritism towards 
Dudley over Harry. I think that part of it is the fact that Dudley is her 
child, while Harry is her sister's. Before the Godric's Hollow Incident, 
Petunia, as stated in SS/PS was content to pretend that she did not even 
have a sister. Afterwards, this baby of her sister's and her freak husband 
appears on her doorstep. She can't not take him. He's family. The situation 
gives her the oppurtunity to right the wrongs of her parents. Lilly was 
special because she was a witch. Thus Dudley becomes extra-special in her 
mind because he's normal. Harry is unnatural, greedy, bad. Little Duddykins 
is perfect. He's a Muggle. I don't think that Petunia consciously made the 
decision to neglect Harry in favor of Dudley. I'm not saying that what's 
she's doing is okay, but I don't think that at first she even realized what 
she was doing.

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