and what about PETUNIA? Options

[Hanna]

What do you guys think is so special about PETUNIA? i really cant think of anything and i would like to hear your guys' theories (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[potter_freak24]

Well what to do mean? like why did she get the howler or is there more to her then we see?

Well I do believe that there is more to Petunia then we have seen. I think she knows alot more about the magical world then she lets on. She seems to be jealous of her sister. (I got that from the first book). So, yeah I think there is more there. I don't think she is a witch or can do any magic but I think that Dudley can. I think that is what Dumbledore ment in Half Blood Prince page 55 (us version) "The best that can be said is that he has at least escaped the appalling damage you have inflicted upon the unfortunate boy sitting between you." I think that he was meaning that Dudley is a wizard but is to afraid of his powers, cause of the way his parents have always treated Harry. and he think that is how they would treat him. I also think that Petunia will have something to do with helping Harry. I might be being hopeful.
So is that what you ment? I hope this helps

[Hanna]

yes! that is pretty much what I am getting at. Cus i know there is more to petunia too, i just dont know WHAT exactly, i know she isnt a witch or anything, i think jk stated that she wasnt, but there is something though...

and i like your idea about dudley! omg, what a TWIST that would be! the only think i DONT like about it is that i dont think he DESERVES to be a wizard..then again, neither do some other wizards! haha, but that would be a pretty cool twist.

ok, what else! what else! what are your guys' predictions baout why there is more to petunia? what do you think that something is?

[potter_freak24]

maybe dudley have magical powers will bring him closer to harry. maybe make a bond of family-a bond of love. huh maybe that would be a twist.
you are right about petunia not doing magic and that she isn't a squid. i read that in an interview somewere.
maybe petunia well do something to help harry, something big. and i think it will have to do with his mom. maybe something petunia has been keeping from (or for) harry. cause we still don't know about that howler "remember me last". we don't know what that means yet.
so yes you are right there is more to petunia then meets the eye

[WickedWitchOfThe...]

we still don't know about that howler "remember me last". we don't know what that means yet.

"Remember my last" meant that DD wanted Petunia to remember the last letter he wrote to her, the one he left with Harry on her front doorstep.

[potter_freak24]

are you sure?
I thought rowling said she was going to explain it in the last book. Well I thought i read that in an interview but it was a while ago so i'm not positive.
I do know it was Dumbledore that sent it, but the wording didn't make since. if it was remember the last letter, then why didn't he say letter. why remember me last.
You are probably right but I'm still slightly confussed about the wording

[baty4potter]

It's seems, from what we know at this point, that Dumbledore was referring to when he Harry on the doorstep, but... Maybe they have had contact after that. It would be a nice swing on things. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[msricenbeans]

It's seems, from what we know at this point, that Dumbledore was referring to when he Harry on the doorstep, but... Maybe they have had contact after that. It would be a nice swing on things. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

i agree, baty... from my reading of the books, dumbledore was referring to the last correspondence he had with petunia; i.e., the note he left with harry on the doorstep.


as much as i would again love to see non-magical (or so we thought) people display unguessed abilities, i don't think either petunia or dudley will perform magic. i do believe (like someone on this board mentioned before) there is a possibilty petunia may have witnessed more magic talk (and show) than hitherto mentioned. my guess is that although petunia won't point a wand (or a hand) and make something magical happen, she will prove a surprising fount of necessary information that harry will need to continue on his mission. someone ( if i remember correctly, a snape/lily shipper) had mentioned the idea that petunia might have met snape before (perhaps over for tea at the evans's...); i like this notion, if for nothing else than a way to even remotely connect the nastiness of the two anti-harry charcaters.

[Hanna]

someone ( if i remember correctly, a snape/lily shipper) had mentioned the idea that petunia might have met snape before (perhaps over for tea at the evans's...); i like this notion, if for nothing else than a way to even remotely connect the nastiness of the two anti-harry charcaters.

i like the petunia know snape idea as well....since i believe snape is good, maybe petunia will play a part with that..?

[potter_freak24]

i like the petunia know snape idea as well....since i believe snape is good, maybe petunia will play a part with that..?

Maybe it was snape she was refering to as that reched (sorry i know it is spelled wrong) boy in the order of the phoenix when they are talking about dementers.

[msricenbeans]

Maybe it was snape she was refering to as that reched (sorry i know it is spelled wrong) boy in the order of the phoenix when they are talking about dementers.

mmm!! could be! hadn't thought of that...i believe she had james over, but it was probably only in their seventh year, as that's when it's been said they started dating. i don't think snape and liliy lived near each other (based on what we know of petunia and her tastes, the evans probably had some money growing up and bellatrix said where snape lived looked like a dump) but maybe they lived nearish to each other? maybe at a younger age they saw each other over the summer holidays? kinda seems flimsy, but you know...can't hurt to guess.

[potter_freak24]

All we really know about Snapes place is that it was in a muggle town. she called it a muggle ding heap. but again it is bellatrix who hates muggles. so i'm not sure and we don't know anything about lily's childhood or were she grow up at. That would be interesting. that they (lily & snape) were friends until he called her a mudblood. that might explain why she aparted to be so shocked and hurt and why she was trying to help. well besides that fact that she is a good person, i mean.
but yeah that would be interesting.

[WickedWitchOfThe...]

are you sure?
I thought rowling said she was going to explain it in the last book. Well I thought i read that in an interview but it was a while ago so i'm not positive.
I do know it was Dumbledore that sent it, but the wording didn't make since. if it was remember the last letter, then why didn't he say letter. why remember me last.
You are probably right but I'm still slightly confussed about the wording

Positive! It was explained at the end of OOTP.

"Wait," said Harry. "Wait a moment."
He sat up straighter in his chair, staring at Dumbledore.
"You sent that Howler. You told her to remember - it was your voice-"
"I thought," said Dumbledore, incling his head slightly, "that she might need reminding of the pact she had sealed by taking you. I suspected the dementor acttack might have awojken her to the dangers of having you as a surrogate son."

DD and Petunia have had two instances for sure. The one he left on the doorstep, and the Howler at the beginning of OOTP. If they have had any kind of communication other than those two times, it had to have been before the one that was left with Harry on the doorstep.

[potter_freak24]

Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I was just confussed about the wording. so thank you.

[martinmiggs101]

Ignore this if you want (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) lol ! Im jus throwing it out there... Could there be any possibility that Petunia is a secret keeper?! Maybe Dumbledore performed the fideus charm on Number 4 ensuring all the inhibitants safety... And maybe Harry could stay and hide in Number 4 for the rest of his life and do nothing about Voldemort but what kind of life would that be for everyone? Its really unlikely but could Dumbledore have made the age limit thing as a way of prompting Harry into action???!!!

[WickedWitchOfThe...]

Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) I was just confussed about the wording. so thank you.

You're welcome! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Could there be any possibility that Petunia is a secret keeper?!

I think it's a good idea, but I can't see Petunia participating in anything magical. And then add in her love for gossip, I think it's unlikely, but a good idea. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Ginny]

I heard a rumor that said that maybe someone was at godric hallow when the potter's were killed.

this is just an idea but... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

maybe petunia wasn't there but heard about what was going to happen or the plan or something she wasn't supposed to over hear. maybe she got accidently involved in something she didn't want to be involved in cuz she dose like to evesdrop and gossip.

[potter_freak24]

i'm not sure if she heard about the murder plan. but i do think she has something to say in the last book. and i think it has something to do with her evesdroping but, i think it is something from when lily still lived at home.

[Dijares]

In an interview some time ago, Jo stated that there is a character who will develop their magical ability at a later age, which is very rare. We have yet to see this happen with a character, so if it does, then it will be in the 7th book.

If you've read the synopsis on the cover (You can see the synopsis and covers here - watch for *spoilers*), it states that Harry is at Privet Drive waiting on the Order to get him. Now, I think that somehow the death eaters show up there and there could be a battle - (I personally thing this would be a great way to start the book off) and that Petunia ends up using magic to protect Dudley. This is just my theory. I think that she has it in her, but she's just stamped it out because of her jealousy of her sister and her husband's hatred of anything having to do with magic.

What do you think? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hat.gif)

[baty4potter]

Well Dij, that would be one great start to the book. Then maybe Petunia will step in and help Harry. Ok, I might have stretched that one just a tad. lol