[HPforGrownups] Re: Petunia's Eyes

[random832 at fastmail.us]

No: HPFGUIDX 169908

> 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.

The quote you're thinking of, if i'm right about what you're thinking
of, isn't quite so strong as you remember it. "She's a muggle, but..." -
one has to wonder what a "muggle, but..." is, and how this differs from
simply being a muggle - perhaps the fact (known to JKR) that she's going
to do magic despite not being a witch is what makes the difference.

And of COURSE she's not a squib. You can't be a squib if your parents
aren't magical, that's part of the definition. It's in fact ALL we have
in canon differentiating squibs from muggles.

--Random832

"No, she's not a squib, she's a muggle, but.... although that is a very
good guess. Oh, I am giving a lot away here. I am being shockingly
indiscreet."
-- 
Random832