Petunia's Dirty Little Secret

[constancevigilance]

--- Talisman proposes a lot of very interesting stuff about Petunia:
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> 

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> DE!Petunia carved herself a niche in the periphery of the
> magical world, as a Muggle-laison and operative for Voldemort.
> 
> While not a Squib, herself, Petunia has behaved in a squibish 
manner;
> ergo, squib is a toasty warm guess.
> 
> The earlier relationship with our villain also explains why Petunia
> is the only one in the kitchen, besides Harry, who has "an inkling 
of
> what Lord Voldemort being back might mean" (OoP 38).
> 
> And she is demonstrably terrified.
> 
> Once a DE, always a DE--or exit feet first.
> 

CV: I'd like to add a bit more wood to the fire here.

Waaaay back in 2003, when I first joined the main group, I attempted 
to make my Very First (moderated) post. I proposed that Petunia and 
Snape have some history. If you read their descriptions, they 
resemble each other physically. They both are observant - Petunia is 
described as nosy, while Snape always seems to show up whenever 
mischief is being done. Both loathe Harry. Both have a relationship 
with Lily (although that wasn't part of my 2003 post because we 
didn't know that yet).

To this day, the Petunia/Severus ship is the only ship I sail. In 
every book, I've been expecting to see Vernon pop something and be 
carried out of the series to be eventually replaced by Petunia's one 
true love, that "other" boy.

Your idea that Petunia could be a DE agrees well with mine that she 
was the one by whom Snape was once loved. It gives her a reason to 
join the DE's and a reason to fear Voldy's return. It would explain 
how she knows of the dementors and how she became acquainted with 
Dumbledore.

The protection of the Dursley home could well be protecting her as 
well.

You never read my post about this on the main list? That's because it 
was rejected by the mods. The reason given? "Too fanciful." I can 
only assume my elf was a Snapefan.

Well, there you go.

CV