[HPforGrownups] Petunia and Lily (was why do people dislike this scene)

[laurie goudge]

No: HPFGUIDX 158087



--- katssirius <katbofaye at aol.com> wrote:
 I much prefer seeing Petunia as a real person
> who had real hurt 
> over
> this issue instead of just the wicked stepsister who
> was ugly and 
> didn't
> have magic powers and was always jealous and hated
> perfect Lily. Not
> because it makes Petunia's behavior towards Harry
> any better, but 
> it's more
> realistic to me. Also--and I think JKR illustrates
> this well in 
> canon a
> lot--real hurt breeds deeper bitterness and so more
> cruelty. She was
> jealous, I think, but to me it's not just in a
> superficial way.
> 
> 
> -m"
parisfan writes:

MY take on dear Aunt Petunia was that (like in some
relationships) she probably was the ugly duckling next
to her sister. I see it as that Lilly was so pretty
and popular that Petunia was over looked (maybe not
intentionally) but just over shadowed by her sister
since she can remember. And to make it worse Lilly was
a witch, which would make Lilly seem that much more
special and make Petunia feel all the more worse.

I am not saying that's all that happened but the way
the Evans sisters are described I can see that happening.

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