Hrm, were Lily's parents wizards? I thought they were Muggles... If they are Muggles, then Petunia isn't a Squib, she's just a Muggle, too.
That's why I was wondering. I assumed they were Muggles too, when I first read the book, but now I wonder. Don't know why it took me four books to wonder, but it did. ;-)
If they'd been wizards though, she probably wouldn't have mentioned it, because then *she'd* be the freak in the family, not Lily, not Harry.
If Petunia came from wizard stock, would Uncle Vernon have married her? It's one thing for your wife's sister to be a black sheep, and yet another for your wife to have been born of magical parents.
That'd actually be a neat little psychological twist.
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Date: 2003-06-29 04:34 pm (UTC)That's why I was wondering. I assumed they were Muggles too, when I first read the book, but now I wonder. Don't know why it took me four books to wonder, but it did. ;-)
If they'd been wizards though, she probably wouldn't have mentioned it, because then *she'd* be the freak in the family, not Lily, not Harry.
If Petunia came from wizard stock, would Uncle Vernon have married her? It's one thing for your wife's sister to be a black sheep, and yet another for your wife to have been born of magical parents.
That'd actually be a neat little psychological twist.