OOP Chapter 2 Post DH look

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No: HPFGUIDX 182495

Potioncat:
Me! Me! At least, after the first reading, maybe the second or third.
<SNIP>
My great
regret in life is that I never wrote the post explaining it before DH
came out. <SNIP>

Alla:

Tee heee, I told you many times that if you ever decide to do comedy, 
let me know, I will so be sitting in the first row.

Potioncat:
Look at the quote. Isn't it great! Petunia's speaking jerkily, and we
can see the gaps. Before DH, the reader/Harry can chalk it up to
emotion. But now it looks as if she's almost saying "I heard Sev
telling her about them when we were kids." And at each point, Petunia
catches herself and changes the words.

Alla:

I wonder how much Petunia told Vernon about magical world that he 
seems to have no desire to interact with. I mean, that awful boy is a 
code and he seems to have no problem to know whom Petunia is talking 
about?

But yeah, it looks exactly what you are saying to me.

Potioncat:
<SNIP>
But you know it really wasn't Snape in love with Lily.
It was more there had been friendship and later there was something
of a vow or promise. But I can't see that he was in love with her the
remaining two years at Hogwarts and the few years afterwards. Even
with the silver doe in DD's office, I don't get a feel of romantic
love, but more of devotion.

Alla:

What do they say about denial and river in Egypt? ;) He LOOOOOVED 
her, her and her red mane of hair.  Oh look another thing he and 
Harry have in common.  


> Alla:
> Hmmm, Petunia certainly seems to believe in souls existance.
„« Interesting.

Potioncat:
I think that's a fairly standard belief in an English-based culture.
Maybe I'm looking at it from an American viewpoint, but even those
who do not participate in organized religion seem to have the belief
of souls.

Alla:

Well, you are probably right, but I meant that Petunia does not 
strike me as believer in anything except her precious normalcy. 
Souls, what souls


Does that make sense? I mean even after I know that she is perfectly 
aware of magic, she just does not strike me as believer. And I am 
deliberately using this word as characterize someone who believes in 
high power, who believes in souls and does not even belongs to any 
particular religion, you know?
Petunia does not strike me as that kind of person. IMO of course.

JMO,

Alla