[HPforGrownups] Re: Petunia's Eyes/Snape, Snape, Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 169977


On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 19:33:47 -0000, "justcarol67"
> Carol, who thinks that not even Petunia would turn down a Hogwarts
> letter or squash the magic out of herself if she had that inborn
> talent (which made her parents so proud of "freaky" Lily)

One perennial theory is that Petunia is the older sister, misjudged what
her parents' reaction would be, and has regretted it ever since.

It's apparently not possible to become a "licensed wizard" without
completing [at least to fifth year] a Hogwarts education - that's why  
expelees
have their wands snapped. So perhaps if she refused such an  
education, the
authorities would have arrived to somehow remove or bind her magic.