[HPforGrownups] Petunia squib or not? WAS: Re: Random Questions from The Boy Who Lived

[Kamil]

No: HPFGUIDX 164958

> From: Jeremiah LaFleur <hpfreakazoid at gmail.com>
>  >What interrests me is how much Petunia knows. We can see she knows about
>  >Dementors... she looks outside the window nervously after Harry tells her
>  >about Dudly's attack. Harry (the story is told from harry's perspective)
>  >assumes Petunia knows nothing so he sees that action as Petunia being
>  >paranoid about the neighbors hearing. I say she was looking to see if the
>  >Dementors were still there. There are subtle things that Petunis knows.
>  >Subtle actions on her part which shows her knowledge of the WW.


I like the theory that Lily and Petunia's parents were both Squibs
themselves. It'd explain why they were so delighted to have a witch in
the family as well as how Petunia would know so much more than
expected about the WW.

It'd even go a bit of a way down the road of explaining why Jo said
the was being "shockingly indiscreet" by answering the 'is Petunia a
squib' question the way she did.

Or, yanno, not. But until Jo proves otherwise it'll remain one of my
favorite theories.

Kamil