Snape and Petunia/ Snape and Lily

[Szehms]

No: HPFGUIDX 155719

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> Tinktonks
> - JKR has said on her website that Petunia doesn't show
> magical ability.
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> I think that Snape had deep feelings for Lily and that is why he
> resented James so much. I know he lashed out at Lily in the pensieve
> but I think that was his bitterness talking. I think that whatever
> the case there is a lot more Snape/Lily plot to come.
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>

Did JKR say that Petunia would not be the character in book 7 who will
reveal some magical ability late in life?  If so then perhaps Dudley?
I always thought a Dursley would show some magical ability...not
necessarily become a witch or wizard...but some sort of surprise magic
akin to Harry's hair growing back after being cut...some surprise
magic that appears only in a desperate situation...I had imagined dear
Dudley in danger and SURPRISE Petunia is able to perform some sort of
feat that is magical...that would be the sweetest irony and revenge,
for a Dursley to have a bit of magic...I digress...

I completely agree with your assessment of Snape...I have always
believed that Snape's worst memory was in fact his worst memory not
just because he was embarassed by James...but more importantly he was
humiliated in front of Lily who he had perhaps some feeling towards.

  I believed this after OOTP, and this theory seemed even more
plausible in HBP when we find that Lily and Snape were the brightest
potions students and they were in the Slug club together...also DD's
trust of Snape was linked to the Potter's...I believed that JKR is
connecting the dots between Snape and Lily, I agree that they may have
had a mutual respect for each other and on Snape's part perhaps even a
secret crush.

I quick theory about Snape and Lily and the Potions Book...has anyone
else wondered if Lily wrote in the margins of the book?  Initially I
thought that the potions book belonged to Lily because of the neat
female hand-writing and the cleverness of those writings in the
margins and the references Slughorn continually made about her
brilliance in Potions.  Of course my opinion changed (the first time I
read the book before discovering the book was Snape's mothers and then
Snape's) when the spells became more dark and the writing appeared
more masculine.

So we know the book didn't belong to her, but did she ever borrow it?
Did Snape let her use it?

The importance would be that perhaps another reason for Snape's worst
memory ...did Snape share his book with Lily?  How did James know how
to use one of Snape's own invented spells against him?  Did Snape
think Lily told James or shared the book with James?   Did he view
this as a betrayal by Lily?

Scarlett