More to Petunia than meets the eye

[woollybear_99]

No: HPFGUIDX 159215

Peggy Wilkins <enlil65 at ...> wrote:
> <snip> What if ... as a girl, when she and Lily were at home,
> Petunia somehow got ahold of or was given Polyjuice Potion to
> take on Lily's appearance.  The idea here is that she could
> then go back to Hogwarts in Lily's place.  <snip>
>
> What if, like Hermione in COS, Petunia eventually got some bad
> Polyjuice which transformed her into a partial something-or-other,
> perhaps a cat like Hermione, or some other Hogwarts pet.  As we
> saw with Hermione, it was quite difficult to undo.  Imagine how
> mortified Petunia would have been; <snip>
>
> What an interesting idea, because it could explain Petunia's
> terror about magic, why she resented Lily so much, and also her
> correspondence with Dumbledore and the hold he could have over
> her. <snip>


woollybear_99:
An interesting thought but can we even be sure that Polyjuice
Potion would work on muggles? What if it just makes them sick or
does nothing at all? And can muggles even see Hogwarts? But again
it is an intersting thought. On a personal note I think my mother
in law could be Petunia under the spell of Polyjuice Potion.