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Originally Posted by Dean_Thomas
There aren't any hints to Petunia showing any signs of magic JK always gives a clue so they we can guess. Yes there is more to Petunia than meets the eye. Seems more like "She's not a squib but she does know quite a bit about the Wizarding world."
Yes, it can be understood that way too of course
But JKR also said that
it was "a very good guess" (that she was a squib) and that we would have to read the coming books to get what it is with Petunia.
This I read as: "You don't have the (or enough) cluses yet so you can't read between the lines to figure it out", so maybe she deliberately left out cluse this time? Maybe because it would ruin the plot if people figured it out too early?
JKR said that "..magic almost always shows itself in a person before age 11"
Almost as in
not always. What if it was discovered that Petunia had some magic abilities too late to be accepted to Hogwarts? That would certainly cause some bitterness that later could turn into hate towards everything magic and to a deep jealousy (hatred?) towards Lily.
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Originally Posted by Dean_Thomas
How about Filch? Even thought the kwikspell course didn't exactly help he might be able to pull off these feat, finally getting rid of some of that bitterness towards the Hogwarts Students.
I don't think it's Filch. Mainly because it wouldn't be very interesting or come as much of surprise, him being a squib to begin with. He's also a rather minor character. No, I think it will be someone we've considered a muggle all along.
-Silvana
Edit: I typed Flitch instead of Filch for some reason, lol