Petunia's Eyes

[karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 169891

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Debi" <dobbycat at ...> wrote:
>
> > Karen:
> <SNIP>
> > "you might have got the impression that there is a little bit 
> > more to Aunt Petunia than meets the eye <SNIP>
> 
> > http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/#book:7
> <SNIP>
> > This reminds me again about that sentence in book 5 saying 
> > Lily and Petunia's eyes were "very different"... any ideas? 
> <SNIP>
> 
> S. R replied:
> 
> The only thing I can think of is that maybe Lily and Petunia 
> aren't sisters by blood. Is it possible that one or the other
> was actually adopted? Or, perhaps they're only half sisters 
> and don't share the same father or the same mother.
> <SNIP>
> 
> Dobbycat's Thoughts on the subject:
> 
> I'm thinking several things here, Petunia CAN do magic, she 
> just isn't very good, or she's the female version of Snape, 
> unpopular and she has a grudge against the magic community 
> and has turned her back on it & her magic. As for the eyes, 
> the difference is either to mark how very different Petunia
> and Lily are, both in temperament and talent, or possibly 
> --- and this is a stretch here --- Lily magically changed 
> her eyes or the strength of her magic or of the magic in her 
> caused her eyes to change and somehow this has been passed 
> on to Harry, either by nature or through the rebounded curse
> that also gave him his scar.
> 
> Hmmmm, food for thought my little magic minions
> 
> the DCat

Karen's responce:
I read in an interview with JK last night (an old interview) that non 
magical people can do magic in extreme circumstances.  However, in 
another interview (I'm sorry but I can't remember the source) she 
said that Petunia can't and never will do magic.
>