[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and Petunia/ Snape and Lily

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 155645

wynnleaf

JKR was asked, about the time OOTP came out, where Petunia had heard of
dementors.  JKR said that Petunia overheard a conversation as mentioned in
the beginning of OOTP.  But the even more interesting thing is that JKR also
said, "The reason I am hesitant is because there is more to it than that. As
I think you suspect. Correctly, but I don't want to say what else there is
because it relates to book 7."

So Petunia overhearing a conversation of that "awful boy" mentioning
dementors is significant for Book 7.  Hm, curiouser and curiouser, don't you
think?  What could it matter to Book 7 if she overheard James?  Or even
Sirius?  After all, it's no big news that Sirius might have talked with Lily
and possibly even within the hearing of Petunia (James and Sirius visiting
Lily, for example, or at the wedding).  But what *would* be revealing is if
that "awful boy" were someone else -- someone who we wouldn't expect.
Someone like Snape?  


Sherry now:

On the other hand, the identity of the "awful boy" might not be the
significant thing at all.  The conversation itself, something in the
conversation, something Petunia learned, did or thought, could be the
significance of that scene.  After all, fans have speculated for so very
long now that the boy was Snape, that it wouldn't even be significant
anymore.  In fact, I'd guess that's actually what a majority of people think
at this point, so there'd be no surprise in it.  If there's one thing I've
learned about JKR it's that she can do something that is expected but do it
in a way that is completely shocking, as in the death of Dumbledore.  So,
I'm not convinced yet that the identity of the boy will be very important in
the end, though something else about that scene may well be extremely
important.

Sherry