Petunia Dursley's BIGGEST Secret - Harry Potter Explained

[@kaenachoo4783]

That awkward feeling when you realize that Snape and Petunia know each other...

[@JuanMataCFC]

i wonder what wudda happened if Snape were a bit nicer to Petunia on the only occasion they met. maybe Snape wudda visited Lily during the summer and they wudda been friendly with Petunia. i feel like it wudda definitely change the way Harry was brought up.

[@jafg69420]

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[@VanshWadhwaniFarishta]

@@JuanMataCFC expecting Snape to be nice to a muggle?😉

[@wysp272]

Vansh Wadhwani just so you know one of snape’s parents was a muggle

[@isratnishita5336]

@@wysp272 And Snape hated his father.He resented his muugle parentage

[@srijakbhattacharyya3063]

I wonder how Petunia felt everytime she looked at Harry and saw her sister's eyes looking back at her

[@hn454]

There is a really great fan fiction I read many years ago where Petunia and Dudley come to Hogwarts after the battle at the end and she explains how seeing Harry everyday reminded her of her sister she lost and the magical world that she wanted to be a part of. She explains how that is why she treated him so horribly, so she could try to forget.

[@yogapangestu3811]

@@hn454 Could you please give me the link of the fanfiction?

[@lainaleenreader5464]

@@yogapangestu3811 i second that

[@dennislundholmjr2791]

@@yogapangestu3811 Hell yes

[@handsomeian]

@@hn454 same, sounds like a unique idea that i'd love to read

[@Raptormon132]

You know, it makes you all wonder: If Petunia did not grow to hate her sister, Lily, out of jealousy and resentment, she could have possibly been part of the magical world in some way. Like she could've met, fallen in love with, and even marry a wizard that Lily personally know, and have children with him that grow to become witches and wizards. In fact, that could be an interesting idea for a Harry Potter video subject.

[@jitaamesuluma9730]

i think you over thought it , lol

[@larsdahl5528]

I think we have an example of that possibility in Arabella Figg. (Or just Mrs Figg for short.)

[@Samp50]

Snape was around.

[@Geo-Luke]

Well she could have been a part of magical world even as a step mother of Harry... If she ever wanted and be open.

[@abhinavkumar4824]

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[@lapislaboratory3704]

honestly if I knew Hogwarts was real and Id never be able to participate in the magic world, I would hate life too

[@carmensavu5122]

Maybe, until I found out about Voldemort, and then I'd be relieved.

[@YellowBear-kx1ff]

Well, maybe Hogwarts IS real and J.K Rowling is a Squib who passed on a true story as fiction for us Muggles.

[@notgeorge-3-810]

@@YellowBear-kx1ff perhaps you are right

[@eunahjang]

I was pretty angry when I didn’t get my letter this year.

[@blueangel4ever370]

@@YellowBear-kx1ff Didn't she actually say that she identified with Rita Skeeter? And that she was kind of exiled? Idk, I read something like that a long while ago

[@aislingd1806]

If only they hadn’t cut the scene where she tells Harry that “you didn’t just lose a mother that night in godric’s hollow... I lost a sister”- a simple scene that changes everything. She was a flawed character and her mistreatment of Harry is inexcusable, but you can’t blame her for being jealous. If snape’s hatred of Harry is forgiven, then Petunia too deserves redemption, since they were both acting out of jealousy and grief

[@ramen_9588]

They were both likely the most tragic characters in the series.However I do feel that Petunia is slightly more tragic than Snape because she was never forgiven in the slightest.

[@aislingd1806]

happy baby I agree that he didn’t hate harry. But we have to remember why he ended up with the death eaters in the first place. When James made fun of him on the train for liking slytherin, he was immediately made an outcast, and separated from lily that very evening when she went to gryffindor. James’ bullying from the beginning made him feel like he needed to belong somewhere, hence he turned to those in his own house. Years of suffering and regret later, he is Harry’s teacher. And while yes he’s horrible to the students and there’s no excuse for that, we have to remember that in the books we see him from Harry’s biased perspective, and I think Alan understood that since JKR had told him the full story. That’s why I believe the movies are a more accurate representation of his character. I could go on about him all day, the more you think about it the more you realize and question!!

[@eunahjang]

Random new ship idea: Snape x petunia.

[@Anna-jr8gu]

You can't compare Snape to Petunia. Snow is brave and good to the heart, while Petunia... Well she's nothing but evil and dumb.

[@CJ-im2uu]

I think it would have more redemptive if just as Petunia was about to tell Harry she was sorry for their loosing Lily, Vernon honks. I think Petunia knew Harry played with Dudley's broken toys, knew more about the WIarding world than she ldt on, and how much danger Dudley, Vernon, and she would be if Harry was rejected by them.

[@the_grim_gamer3039]

"you didn't just lose your mother that night in godrics hollow. I lost a sister" -Petunia Dursley 1997 deleted scene of the deathly hallows.

[@salmanbehen4384]

I don't blame Petunia as much. Imagine having a witch as a sister and you just a muggle.

[@yomommasofatthanoshadtosna3479]

It must suck but she still treated Harry like trash so I can't feel bad for her.

[@salmanbehen4384]

@@denizkenger52 Yupp, his redemption in book 7 was really good. Him saying that "I don't think you are a waste of space" was actually good, considering Dudley's and Harry's past relationship.

[@yomommasofatthanoshadtosna3479]

@@denizkenger52 Yeah, at least he reflected a little on his actions.

[@pandagamesyt8027]

Ikr

[@fizapizza]

Yea same

[@nicholasquinnsnyder6095]

Petunia kept silent when Aunt Marge insult her sister. What do you think was going through her mind when Aunt Marge insulted her Sister?

[@tima.r8925]

She probably wouldn't have really cared because she also insulted her sister too. The insults directed at her sister by others probably validated the hate she felt for Lily making her feel like it was not jealously that makes Lily easy to hate or that she isn't the only one

[@gunners33]

disagreed. I think she kept quiet to keep her image up. She deeply resented her sister for being special and being accepted into a world she could never be a part of, so when she insulted her that was her resentment manifesting itself. I think she liked it on the surface, but I absolutely believe she felt a deep guilt and slight remorse for feeling that way as it happened.

[@tamaraflanagan5181]

@EVAN MUDD Harry said it for her haha

[@eunahjang]

@@tamaraflanagan5181 maybe Harry felt her saying it in her mind and said it for her

[@Allantitan]

@@tamaraflanagan5181 oh god I can imagine her silently thanking Harry for doing what she always wanted to to marge lmao

[@watchmeimflying]

There was always hints dropped that she was the more lenient one, giving up on the sweater that shrank and pretended nothing was wrong. I think her tendency towards nosiness was actually her seeking out signs of magic in the world

[@carmensavu5122]

I like that idea.

[@CJ-im2uu]

Again, Petjnia knew more than she let on. 1. ease dropping drop on Lily and Snape for at tleast 3 years. 2. Your sister shared information about Hogwarts, what she learned, her knowledge of the WW. 3. Harry most likely played with Dudley's discarded and broken toys. 4. She knew how much danger Dudley, Vernon, and she were in if Harry ever left the household before he turned 17. Keeping Harry 's wizarding powers a secret kept the Death Eaters from seeking him out even before Voldemort re-emerged.

[@cjg8763]

@@CJ-im2uu I always wondered why things Petunia should have known seemed to come to a shock to her later. For example, magic not being allowed outside of Hogwarts. Maybe she feigned ignorance to that, for feelings of guilt and knowing the threat was some kind of leverage over his bullying uncle and cousin? Of course she would still have been pissed over the mention or the actual act, knowing the dangers as you describe, but the basic unspoken threat that he might. Just thought of that as I was typing this post, and it would go with the theme of this thread.

[@henriquedearruda8902]

I wonder what other muggles thought of magic

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

@@CJ-im2uu 100% Correct. Petunia took her nephew and whole family to live in hut on island to escape Hogwarts and Magic.

[@parneetsingh9863]

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[@HarryPotterTheory]

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[@SquiddyGod]

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[@jackdebaker2420]

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[@Joreel]

Petunia was never a bad person like you said, she was just damaged and never really had a way to resolve her feelings and eventually the death of her sister. Once the world of magic started intruding on her world because of the Death Eaters, she feared for her family, even Harry as you could see in the movie. I think she longer to accept Harry and love him as her nephew, but she was as you said, too broken inside.

[@ZetaCancri]

she was abusive toward Harry tho

[@ShadowZone1996]

You could say that in the defense of anyone though. Where do we cross the line between damaged and bad person? I think her damage made her a bad person.

[@lauraschoenborn3544]

@@ZetaCancri I think the abuse was more Vernon. Petunia seemed afraid to speak up to Vernon. It actually showed hints in the books especially OOTP that Petunia did secretly care for Harry. She was truly horrified in OOTP when she learned that Harry Saw Voldemort return. She remembered Snape telling Lily about the dementors and that was at least 20 years earlier! It kind of makes me wonder how different things could be if she never married Vernon or stood up to him more.

[@MrKoraboras]

@@ShadowZone1996 The damage doesn't make people bad, the actions they take do. And actions require choice - she chose to be bad. Was her choice influenced by her damage? Certainly. Should we wave it off and say 'she's not bad, she's just damaged' because of her trauma? No. Lots of people have jealousy issues, unfulfilled desires and a dislike towards certain family members. Not so many of them would be amoral enough to lock a child in a cupboard and bully them for years because of it.

[@stevegallo8483]

In addition to being broken inside, she was probably afraid of how Vernon would act if she did accept Harry and love him as her nephew.

[@breadstick8456]

Unpopular opinion: Petunia’s crappy childhood does not excuse her for her abusive treatment of Harry. Same with Snape.

[@gustavswart4649]

It never excuses anyone from hurting others. It doesn’t matter WHAT you’ve been through, it’ll never be right to hurt others. BUT I don’t think that is what most people are saying. They aren’t saying “They have a tragic backstory so that makes everything alright.” But we can all relate that being the flawed people we are a lot of us would do and feel the same, or at least think of being a bit rude or spiteful. It doesn’t justify their actions but it does make them human. And you have to have a little bit of sympathy for them. Because ultimately their actions do come from a place of brokeness and pain. Even though it doesn’t excuse their actions, you have to acknowledge that they aren’t pure evil and underneath the hard bitterness, rudeness, resentment, even deeper behind the brokeness and depression and loneliness and feelings of rejection, there might just be a heart.

[@darkousdragon1166]

Snape isn't forgiven because his past but wat he did that despite all the odds he did good and put himself on the line the good he done for Dumbledore out does the evil even given his life

[@grum-4573]

How would u like to be bullyed everday Ppl change when they get bullyed just like residechal school

[@grum-4573]

@jayden wibowo no snape got bulled when he was a student

[@grum-4573]

@jayden wibowo yeah I know I said u will change if u get bullied alot

[@jenniflower6569]

"One of the worst reputations in the entire franchise" Nah, Umbrige is still worse nobody can change my mind. 👀

[@tknispel]

ONE of the worst, does not mean THE worst....

[@jenniflower6569]

@@tknispel still, umbrige is still the worst.

[@strongbraveloud]

You do read English, right?

[@breadstick8456]

No ones trying to change your mind. Everyone in the Harry Potter fandom hates Umbridge the most.

[@drunkdogwithagun468]

True. I mean after all the Dursley’s did become better people near the end of the franchise

[@16taysia]

I never actually hated Petunia but I didn't like her either...I just highly disliked her

[@yomommasofatthanoshadtosna3479]

She, Vernon and Dudley all treated harry like trash, so I hated her. It must really suck being a muggle whilst your sibling is a witch/wizard, but that's no excuse to making their orphan nephew sleep on a cupboard for 11 years and abusing him.

[@yomommasofatthanoshadtosna3479]

@Black Guy exactly

[@gast8184]

11 years old survive from the troll 12 kill the basilisk 13 survive 50 dementors 14 survive from 3 challenging task and survive from Voldemort level 85 15 survive from death eaters 16 nothing easy 17 kill Voldemort,survive in room of requirements,survive from courtyard apocalypse and survive from killing curse

[@TheRealSephiroth]

Thats not the only things he survived those years 😂 harry went through a lot of shit 😂😂😂

[@miraculouscrazy924]

1 year survive killing curse

[@angrykatrants]

petunia is a complex character: you have sympathy for her childhood heartbreak and trauma, but you can’t ignore that she abused and neglected harry out of spiteful jealousy. my thoughts: petunia is a lesson on healing your childhood trauma, otherwise you pass that trauma onto other people. at some point, i can’t sympathize with petunia because there is no justification for child abuse. like, girl, you were mad jealous and look what it turned into!

[@GTARanger1992]

I would've loved to have seen a scene where harry takes petunia to godrics hollow to visit lily's grave so she can get some form of closure or even let her see hogwarts in person she would probably make a good muggle studies teacher

[@aliostrowski1935]

I could see him taking her to Lilly's grave and telling her that he wants to give her a moment alone to say goodbye AP: I know we drifted apart it wasnt you it was me we used to be the same then when u became a witch I felt replaced by my sister I should've talked it over with you and our parents but I let it boil i still had some warm feelings for you but I suppressed them secretly when u died I died a little bit knowing I'd never have the chance to make things right I took in your son whom I should've loved like a son and instead I treated him like a slave and spoiled my own rotten I secretly did care about him i can promise that I should have told Vernon later on that treating our nephew this way was wrong and lobbied Vernon to be more lenient and teachjng dudley his cousin Wasn't a freak i failed in every way in those regards please forgive me Harry overhears this confession and tells his crying aunt as he lays a hand on her and says he also forgives her this causes her to do something she never had: hug him and thanked him She goes home and decides to tell vernon of her change of heart towards harry and her sister she tells him he only fears magic because he doesn't understand it vernon agrees to learn so he understands and can also make amends with his nephew after a long year vernon apologizes to Harry now understanding his world more the 4 now enjoy a healthy family relationship he introduces his family to them and they are happy for him

[@ccm4633]

Yes, I agree. And remember in the 5th book how Petunia volunteers information about the dementors... she knows a lot, a part of her wants to talk about it, but it’s a painful part of her past.

[@andrewgedge4015]

I think it is an awfully sad way to live, constantly wishing you were someone else. I have always had a sympathy for Petunia, however terrible she was to Harry. I wonder how accurate her recollection of her parents is? Did they really fawn over Lily that much, or is Petunia's memory tainted by her envy?

[@shionrasenka]

"I wonder how accurate her recollection of her parents is? Did they really fawn over Lily that much, or is Petunia's memory tainted by her envy?" This is SUCH A GOOD QUESTION! I've wondered about that, too. Did their parents legitimately give Lily that much attention once she started attending Hogwarts and virtually ignore Petunia? Or was Petunia so clouded by jealousy and eventual hate that her memories of their parents fawning over Lily are exaggerated? I really hope we get an answer to that someday.

[@wysp272]

Yes because if Lilly was at Hogwarts they had to be giving petunia quite a bit of attention

[@djfrozen4534]

I kind of have a theory that the way Harry was treated because of his indifferences to the family lis probably how Petunia was treated because she didn)'t have powers

[@lindanizamoff7981]

Snape had the same issues .Living the past over a love he did not have and lost and never got over .He was a petunia himself. He hated Harry because of Harry's father.

[@silvermeasuringspoons6462]

For me another important factor is that she’s a housewife in the 90s. (Almost 30 years ago but felt like yesterday lol) Being a housewife means the whole family depend on Vernon’s money . And she probably needed to obey him.

[@franceslambert8070]

I can look around my own family and see the same damaged by hate rels who were jealous of others who had more. It's really sad to treat a child the way she did Harry. Damaged? No, just spiteful, and to a baby/child.

[@larsdahl5528]

Yes, I think it is the people in the Harry Potter world that have lead to Rowling's fame: It contain so many personality types commonly known to everyone.

[@gugurupurasudaikirai7620]

On Pottermore JK Rowling said that it was Vernon that truly severed Petunia's relationship with Lily because he couldn't stand James. Lily was even upset at James for angering Vernon because she still wanted Petunia in her life. She even said the main reason Vernon was so rotten to Harry was mainly only because he resembled his father so much and Harry reminded him of James. Petunia's reason for her treatment of Harry was more complicated.

[@maiosh6969]

Oh yeah, it's all James's fault isn't it💀 first of all, Vernon was the one who started with James and was arrogant, rude, and proud of the car and the work he had. The man hated James and his sister-in-law before he even met them because he thought magic was unnatural. Both Petunia and Vernon are shallow and monsters, they have abused a child psychologically and emotionally for ten years only because he has the eyes of Lily and the face of James,

[@smaug9833]

A lot of people in the world have been dealt terrible hands. That doesn't give them an excuse to be awful.

[@ilovecheetos4098]

I'd say it's not about excusing, but understanding.

[@smaug9833]

@Esmé Colón so have I. For most of them. But for some, it becomes an excuse.

[@hidingtk2860]

"No more F'ing owls!"... I heard from another JKR interview that when Petunia passed away, in her Will, she left Harry the baby blanket that he was wrapped in the night he was brought to her house when he 1st arrived. That info made me like her a little...I think she had to be much harder on Harry than Vernon because Harry was her blood & she knew that Vernon would be paying close attention to actions towards him. However, she was still horrible to someone who did not have a choice in the matter...Well done 👏

[@sunandakarak]

great 😍

[@keyproductions100]

Sounds more like one last dig at Harry...... it was HIS blanket, not hers

[@arden9039]

@@keyproductions100 Perhaps, but the fact that she didn't just throw out the blanket when Harry got older shows that deep down there must have been some part of her that cared too much to not throw away the blanket.

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

Petunia kept the blanket because it belonged to her sister who she loved. Petunia never hated Harry but the magical world that would separate her from her nephew. For Petunia having Harry was like losing her sister all over again and her nephew whom Petunia could not save from magic she was going to loose him to magic. So Petunia wanted to make him the most ordinary of wizards and not arrogant. Petunia by humbling him saved Harry life long term.

[@dubchaeng9103]

My younger sister going to Hogwarts? And I'm not? I'd be Jealous too, hello?

[@eunahjang]

I’d be like: “IS SNAPE MISTREATING YOU?!? I SWEAR, IF HE DOES IMMA BEAT THE HECK OUT OF HIM!”

[@nepheshaish8160]

Being mad because you are non magical is not an excuse to abuse an innocent child.

[@nepheshaish8160]

Also also how is her hatred of those who are magical different than the pure bloods hating someone cuz they are muggle born?

[@James-dl6ne]

Bruh it’s a film

[@ilovecheetos4098]

@@James-dl6ne Film or not doesn't really mater. This applies to real life situations, too. You just need to think a bit deeper and you will clearly see it.

[@niyatis0207]

If petunia wanted to be around magic or be a part of it why could she have not married a wizard? That way, she could be a part of magic and even raise a wizard or witch.

[@delireent.3960]

She was child at the Time. And After that, she rejeacted everything magical. Some people don't change advice easily

[@ShadowZone1996]

Ask yourself if all the problems you had at age 11 would be solved if you married a person who could do the things you couldn't do

[@djfrozen4534]

Because who would want to settle down with a mortal? she or they probably thought. and i those times it was very old fashioned nowadays everything is much much much more accepting like gender liquid

[@nikhilgarg6055]

Fiona Shaw was absolutely brilliant in her portrayal of Petunia.

[@Lina321_]

Definitely. Even tho they cut the scene of Petunia and Harry in the last film, I could somehow tell that she regretted and worried deeply by her looks in the car when the Dursleys were leaving. Fiona Shaw was excellent portraying Petunia.

[@ernestcastro6238]

@@Lina321_ Yes the look that she gave Harry from the car was very revealing. It said exactly what you said.

[@davedarius7346]

@@Lina321_ Tbh, I guess we could still consider that Deleted scene as Cannon! Such a great scene!

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Question: do you have a video on why Harry wasn't an obscural? He fits the bill perfectly. Neglected and abused because he was magical and unloved by his adoptive parents for 10 years. Why didn't he develop an obscurial? Do you think it's because Petunia secretly loved him and somehow despite the abuse it magically didn't work? Or perhaps because the concept wasn't known to Joanne at the time so she didn't realize her retcon was going to become a plot hole?

[@YellowBear-kx1ff]

Payperheirplain I know the answer to THAT one and it comes down to ignorance. The Dursleys never told Harry he could do magic, so Harry had no idea he had ANYTHING to suppress. But can you imagine if he WAS an Obscurial? Perhaps the piece of Voldemort’s soul could aid it and thus it would be even worse than Credence’s?

[@catherinerobilliard7662]

Harry’s first 15 months was in a loving, nurturing, very magical household. His brain developed normally, and a baby's brain is a sponge. Everything for a happy life ahead was already wired up. The neglect that verged upon abuse managed not to affect him too much, and in more traumatising moments, magic, unseen and unknown, came to his rescue.

[@rug4565]

He doesn't fit it perfectly, it's not the abuse that makes you an obscurial, it's when a witch/wizard actively surpresses and denies their own magic... But yeah, this suppression can be the result of them being the victim of abuse and them deciding: I need to surpress the magic

[@maiosh6969]

@@catherinerobilliard7662 And I add to your words that the excellent genes are also a reason and a strong reason in my opinion, Harry is the son of James and Lily, both of whom are known for their strong will and their cheeky and sarcastic personalities. If we notice that both Voldemort and Snape became psychopathic and bad people because of their parents' genes, Snape's father was cruel and abusive and his mother was indifferent and she loved her husband despite his abuse, we can say that she is abnormal and the result was Snape who could not resist life And the bullying like Harry did , same thing with Voldemort He did not know the love because he was the result of his mother raping his father, not to mention that his mother and her family were mentally disturbed

[@IzukuMidoriya38855]

Although the Obscurus thing is untrue, though still could've been possible, after all Harry was never told to not do magic the Dursleys simply hid it from him, I still have a question. Why the hell would Petunia and Vernon punish Harry for something he has no control over? Whether they like it or not he's a wizard. He can't change that, nor can anyone else. BTW love your name.

[@Tobylerohn]

I clicked faster then you could say quidditch edit: lol thanks for the likes

[@emmafoster9290]

OhGlitch Nice Madam Hooch reference lol

[@maschiefondasoda333]

I understood that reference.

[@eunahjang]

Noice

[@Jamsome59]

Kinda a dark suggestion, but how would the wizarding world deal with a pandemic similar to the coronavirus or some kind of magical disease?

[@niahoad]

There is a funny movie where snape teaches potions over zoom

[@derpygaming1157]

How would the wizarding world deal with a alien invasion.

[@RayesReflections]

They necessarily wouldn’t get it and even if they did I bet you that they would easily come up with a spell to fix it per se

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[@eldrichery853]

This does change my perception of the character a lot, and I think what made Petunia's situation so very much worse is also the fact that Harry has his mother's eyes, which means that basically everytime Petunia was looking at Harry, she had the eyes of the long dead sister that she could never apologize with staring back at her. Still, I don't think she should be forgiven.

[@adub1300]

I never thought Aunt Petunia hated Harry, in fact I always thought she loved him. I felt that the anger and resentment was due to his magic because she hated her sister for the same reason. I do not think if Petunia actually hated Harry for the person he was that she would have taken him in to care for him. Dumbledore told her that in order for him to remain safe and for the charm from Lily's sacrifice to remain on him that she would have to take him in, and she did. You do not do things like that for a person that you hate.

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

Petunia hates magic not Harry.

[@beanz.09]

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[@nathanfimbres197]

The name petunia is the Karen name of Harry Potter world now 😂

[@jenniflower6569]

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[@Jamsome59]

I was just about to say that lol 😂

[@irissalazar4695]

Re-watching the movies after knowing this scene, taking more detail on them, when Vernon's sister appears and starts berating Harry's mom, Petunia does seem not so pleased, it can be noticed her closing and operning her fist, with a rather grim look, avoiding contact with her and forcing a bit of a smile. This little scenes when you realize looking back, she never hated her sister.

[@RachelM-917]

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[@SenyorCapitàCollons]

What I wonder is how they treated Harry when he was a baby. Because it just makes my heart boil to think a baby could be mistreated. Also, in the Spanish editions of the book, in the fourth book something like "Altough one couldn't say that Dursley's mistreated Harry, they also never treated him like a son".

[@hollyhartwick3832]

This description of Petunia reminds me a lot of Kureha from SAO Fatal Bullet. The growing jealousy and spite for a sister who got attention for being exceptional. With both characters, this sense of living in their sisters’ shadows was entirely self-inflicted because they were obsessed with comparing themselves to others rather than being and accepting themselves as they are.

[@PRchris13]

I kinda feel a tiny bit sorry for her Imagine having the knowledge of a amazing world of magic and fantasy Yet u can’t be in it ... or even close to it Having a strong curiosity over magic and what it is Wan to be part of this world Yet never be in it In that aspect I do feel sorry for her Do I forgive her Nah

[@psyche.r]

I read a story somewhere where it was Mother's day (Dudley and Harry were still small like 3-4 years old) and Dudley gave Petunia a Flower (I think it was a rose) that he picked from somewhere and greeted his Mum a Happy Mother's Day and when Harry saw it he too, picked a certain flower and gave it to Petunia and greeted her too. Petunia quickly went inside the house with the flower still clutched in her hand and started to cry because the flower Harry gave to him was, A Lily. Tbh, there's a high chance this happened, because Petunia knows that deep inside her heart, she still loves Lily and misses her everyday.

[@nafslee]

I felt so bad for her learning she convinced herself as a coping mechanism that she hated the world deep-down she only wanted to be a part of, it honestly feels so real it had me on the verge of a tear almost. But then again, her jealousy made her lash out in a pretty horrible way so that can't be overlooked.

[@danielgatford7686]

I agree it's sad for her but she was an adult at the end of the day and adults need to grow up and she was aware of what she was doing and could have stopped and choose not to at end of the day the woman made herself mentally Ill but no one but you can change that I feel bad for the child petunia not the adult as the adult should have got a grip of herself and realised life isnt Rose's and you dont always get what you want

[@warrior9372]

Video idea: What would’ve happened if hagrid gave Harry to Sirius

[@16taysia]

Search for the fanfic site AO3, it covers that scenario several ways lol😂

[@jenniflower6569]

Wasn't he in Azkaban at the time? 🤔

[@aniruddhamishra8232]

He wouldn't have to live with the dursleys.. Anyway, sirius would have gone to Azkaban after some time so Harry would have been unsafe again.

[@VintageRubyFilms]

@@jenniflower6569 Not immediately. I can't remember the exact time length between events, but Sirius didn't have his confrontation with Peter Pettigrew until at least a day or so after Voldemort killed the Potters. It didn't take him long to realize what must have happened (ie, Pettigrew snitched to Voldemort and broke his trusted position as the Potters' secret keeper) but his encounter with Peter that resulted in the apparent death of Pettigrew and the event that framed him for murder couldn't have happened for at minimum several hours after James and Lily were killed. Even if Hagrid had given Harry to Sirius immediately, I doubt the end result would've been different than the books show. Sirius was too loyal a friend to James and Lily, and so I think he'd still have gone after Peter, and then the only other option would have been to give Harry to the Dursleys anyway.

[@tieechon7526]

So if sirius was with Harry and harry was alive it would be pretty hard to convince anyone that sirius wanted him dead therefore he doesn't get framed as the traitor. Harry alive with sirius couldve went to dumbledore and explained the secret keeper switch keeping him out of azkaban Plus the protection from lily might have been able to extend to sirius since he was the godfather (the person chosen to take care of harry by his parents in case of the worst case scenario)

[@SkywalkerSamadhi]

Wait.. so Petunia was doing magic when she came home for holidays? If Petunia said she was turning tea cups into rats and such things... Isn't that a big no-no?? Were the rules different back then in the 70's?

[@Aliasbaba41]

Just my theory, but that could be just about Lily reporting what she did in the classes.

[@thefrailgamer1953]

I’ve actually thought about this often maybe the ministry would let her off as she didn’t understand their rules that well or she might not have gotten the note not to do magic.

[@CharmeIeon]

she was talking about lily that did all that

[@proofishere2568]

maybe she could do magic because snape lived nearby. the ministry could only sense the area, not the person

[@MariaSantana-jv6tw]

Me: starting homework. Harry Potter Theory: called my name. Me: it's break time 🍵 Edit: homework is still unfinished ☹ send help 😂

[@lesandajayawardane8280]

noice

[@meep_1117]

Hahhhaha:) 🤣🤣😂🤣

[@mahamzara2896]

Same and I have math exam

[@hermionegranger5739]

Me too I have a math exam 😂😅🤣

[@mahamzara2896]

@@denizkenger52true...even I have revised 10000 times just to be sure...I feel like Hermione too😁

[@warrior9372]

The daily uploads are the best

[@robbieanson1218]

I don’t believe that she has hate in her heart she still loved her sister that is a connection between her and her sister and Harry I think that is the only reason why he was still safe but it still cared for him In her own way to make his life quite easier it was Vernon and Dudley that did not cared for Harry as much You do remember that howler that she has gotten from Dumbledore “remember my last petunia” I believe it was remember my last letter to you petunia to be sure that Harry Is still safe don’t get that

[@mygod5500]

Dudley didn't Care much for harry until After the 5th book when Harry Saved his life. From that moment on Dudley had been Giving nice Jesters to harry after that day. It's Vernon who really didn't care much for Harry I doubt they want him to die bitter or not they are still human.

[@salmanbehen4384]

Wanna discuss the scene wherein "Cursed Child" Harry and Petunia were standing at the grave of Lily's and mourning. Though the Cursed Child wasn't good, this scene was something, eh?

[@MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

I love this stuff. I watch so much I can't believe how there are always new theories and details to talk about, but it's always interesting and new each time.

[@jasmeetsingh9536]

It’s been 8 years since the last Harry Potter movie was released and people are still making theories

[@leobernardo9175]

Thanks for giving a much-needed deep dive into her character. Much appreciated. Beautiful!

[@rotorheadv8]

I believe Petunia was extremely jealous of Lily

[@menerva4]

Not to mention that Harry was a living Horcrux which means that those feelings that she and Vernon had towards Harry's parents were amplified.

[@stevegallo8483]

Yet nobody else around Harry was affected by him being a Horcrux. Makes me wonder if that actually did affect the Dursleys.

[@jacobhall5819]

Fascinating that she felt so hurt that her family praised Lilly for being magical and she got neglected and so with Dudley and Harry, she made sure the opposite was true. Also in regards to Dudley going to public school and Harry supposedly going to a state school (before Hogwarts came into play) just like Petunia wasn’t allowed to go to Hogwarts.

[@veronicasawyer8776]

Love all your vids man

[@neel772]

they didn't despise each other........ they just disliked each other......that's where you got it wrong

[@EmmersonSprocket]

The way Petunia and Snape treated Harry can be summed up as such: I will never invalidate the trauma you experienced in the past, but I will always judge you on how you behave and treat people today.

[@madisonatteberry9720]

"becuase they were unDursley as could be." Well, yes, being of a literal different family, this is true.

[@tstefanyk6604]

Well done. I love when you find redeeming qualities in seemingly despicable characters. Make the series much more interesting, and gives us more to talk about 😊

[@davidmarsden192]

Excellent video. Lots to think about there. My perception of her has changed now. Thank you! Very well done!

[@newvegasadventures4173]

This channel has made 2020 feel worth fighting through. Thank you!

[@thundermane362]

Wait... how could I have missed it? Lily came back home during the holidays and she does what? SHE DOES UNDERAGE MAGIC outside of Hogwarts! Aren't there supposed to be repercussions for that? Somewhere between letting Harry off in POA because he is the darling boy-who-lived and full trial held in OOTP?

[@mahnoorhasnain5418]

All things aside, there could be absolutely no excuse for mistreating a child for what his parents did. He just can't be chosen as the one to suffer. None of the past was his choice or happened by his will. Harry didn't even know that what feelings did his aunt bear for his mother or why Snape was jealous of his father, he ofcourse eventually became aware of it but what about the mistreatment he tolerated until that point. Being rude to a child who didn't even know about the love of parents and the warm feeling of being a family.That is seriously some rotten, hard core thing to do.

[@hangeishot7919]

Harry Potter Theory. Another great video. Nice job.

[@jujuthajewel575]

Jealousy is crueler than the grave...and the grave holds you.

[@lindanizamoff7981]

Harry was a horcrux which made people around him feel intense Emotions, good or bad.

[@isaiahgonzalez8803]

She had an opportunity to be a part of the magical world like hermonie parents but she skewed that up

[@TheRanaro]

Great hypothesis and I do agree with you. Further to your thoughts and comments, I remember reading at the beginning of the final book that Dudley Dursley, Harry's cousin and nemesis walked over to Harry, took his hand, and shook it before he and his parents had to evacuate the house for their own safety. His uncle Vernon called Harry a 'good for nothing', and while shaking his hand, Dudley said, "I don't think you're good for nothing". Harry smiled and said, "look after yourself, Big D". It's a shame that editing cut that out. It's probably one of the most important things that have happened to Harry - feeling some love and acceptance from his own relatives on his mother's side.

[@brendle1]

I don't think Spinner's End is a town. In Half Blood Prince, it says "Narcissa hurried up a street called Spinner's End."

[@stumpytheviolator3118]

I never once thought she hated Harry, I think she loved him to the point where she wanted to hide the truth from him. It's common in family situations for that to occur. I always thought when she found out about her sisters death, she was angry at herself, I believe she wanted to protect Harry, she was a meek woman, Vernon he was an obnoxious rude man who would easily snap to violence. I think she might of protected Harry from that, I feel like Rowling dropped the ball with her character, especially the final scene with Lily, how good would of it been if Petunia and Lily had a real chance to say goodbye, to say they love each other, to explain her situation to Harry. It wouldn't of been hard to get them there, hello a legion of dark wizard's, you're telling me none of them thought to use his family against him?? It could of also played into how she always wanted too see Hogwarts, Molly could of had some choice words with her. I know people are going to say but muggles can't find Hogwarts, yes they can't find it, doesn't mean they can't be taken to it. Like I said big missed opportunity for this character, hell people about Cho and Dudley, what if he saved her from a dark wizard, by throwing a rock, tackling him or something. Last time you see the family together Vernon gives Harry the I was wrong look. Vernon's only perception about the magical community was from Petunia, Petunia was full of jealousy and regret, Dudley was caught in the middle.

[@superior6385]

It’s kind of like winning a sport or a game, and this saying comes up “First Is The Worst, Second Is The Best, Etc.” The person saying it doesn’t believe that the winners are horrible or unskilled, they just wanted to be a winner themselves... If Petunia was a wizard, she wouldn’t insult wizards, and would actually be more prominent to insult muggles.. Just as if someone was a winner, they wouldn’t insult other winners, they would be more prominent to insult the losers.

[@imac23]

I almost cry with this video. Good video!

[@bune1035]

So many are kinda trying to make up "excuses" for the actions of those characters. As Petunia saying that her attitude was natural, or it was ok for Snape to act like a total asshole in the books since then he was "a nice guy". Nope. I don't care what trauma they had: (Petunia and her delusion/sisterhate or Snape with his broken family...) They were adults and knew better than to bullshit around. as bullying and abusing a little children or "if lily-wasnt-in danger I would still be a nazi-death eater" And this is the reason why I liked the books actually 😂 In the film they were always trying to make some childish "at the end everyone was good" crap. This is why they needed to cut that deleted clip of Petunia's remorse.

[@rug4565]

I agree with many points you say but not with "childish at the end everyone was good". Just my opinion/interpretation but I would have loved to see the deleted Petunia scene because it develops/explains her character. Yes, sad past doesn't excuse anything indeed, however, I think the books and movies did do a good job by adding such things. It made the characters human, and not just evil or good. Because that's how it is in real life as well, not black and white but often rather grey. I think such backstories show how little close attention we pay to people around us. We overlook their struggles, or diminish their struggles and then saying: this person is just purely evil. The villain Voldemort gives a great example of what "pure evil" looks like. Voldemort was simply destined to become evil looking at his "sad past" while Petunia or Snape had a chance to be good and evil based on their "sad past". JKR shows us different types of evil and good and examples of pure evil so that we can see the difference. To me that's evidence that she doesn't excuse everything with "at the end everyone was good", quite the opposite. At least in my opinion. You are entitled to your own of course, don't see this as an attack please🙏 Guess you have your fair and good reasons to perceive it as childish excuses...

[@thibaultweber9653]

No, that doesn't change my perception of her. Feeling rejected wasn't a reason to treat Harry the way she did. He was an innocent baby, he was not responsible for her didn't have any magic.

[@michellerhodes9910]

I think she was always a conflicted character; there is evidence in the books for that especially the evening of the Dementor attack when Harry informs that Voldemort is back and 'becomes very aware that Petunia is his mother's sister'. At that moment it broke down years of reserve and he got a glimpse of a different person - even if it didn't last long.

[@chymera45]

Lol imagine Vernon and Petunias reaction if Dudley was a muggle born wizard 🤣

[@laurenthomas8395]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrNottocd]

I think you're spot on with your analysis. This relationship reminds me of one in my family.

[@storymaster164]

It doesn’t matter if she felt left out. If you use your bitterness as an excuse to abuse an innocent and unknowing child for most of his childhood then you do not get my sympathy nor do you gat my pity. You don’t deserve ether. All you will get is my contempt and disdain.

[@colinmalleck901]

I completely understand Petunia and why she did the things that she did. I would feel the exact same way if I was in her shoes. Who would not be jealous if their sibling could go to hogwarts and do magic but you couldn’t. That would probably make anyone resentful of their family. Of course it’s no excuse for the way she treated Harry but you can understand why.

[@MarelorMoon]

Honestly, The first Thing, Petunia did wrong was to push her sister away and stay with it. Having a magical sister is a door to this world, she easily could have married a Wizard, thanks to Lily and had a magical child Like Dudley had. Vernon was her only way to decline that possibility

[@lexilovesjesus9129]

I liked this! Very informative and interesting. Petunia wanted to be apart of the magical world so much she pushed it away...

[@momotheflyinglemur2330]

I’ve watched all of your videos in a month love the videos dude

[@-composer]

Explanation of the Department of mysteries? History? Creation? Rooms?

[@-composer]

Like the veil room?

[@-composer]

or the brain room

[@-composer]

etc.

[@kemina1]

The books taught me that just like Mr. Filch, Petunia Evans (aka. Petunia Dursley) is a Squib and I actually felt sorry for her even though at the same time I hated how she abused Harry countless times. Wish she knew that it’s not the Headmaster to accept or not accept students into Hogwarts, that’s solely up to the enchanted book and quill to make that decision. Awesome video Harry Potter Theory.

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

Squibs and muggle relatives have to bear the burden of knowing of this world, having to keep quiet but can't in any way participate. Not to mention they're regarded as inferiors. The wizarding world is dominated by blood elitists.

[@randomsolver7273]

How many of you have dreams of fighting voldemort

[@KDawg92801]

Vernon makes He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named look like a saint.

[@henriquedearruda8902]

So even if Harry’s parents didn’t die at the hands of another wizard she would still hate Harry right?

[@carito24h28]

I mean I feel bad for Petunia. Imagine that your sibling/s were magical and you are not. You would surely wondered why. Why not you? I mean is not Harry's fault obviously and she shouldn't had treated him like that. But I get her. Also my theory is that she hated Harry partially because is was his fault that Lily died. I guess Dumbledore told her all about the war, prophecy etc. So she hated Harry bc of that (of course it wasn't his fault)

[@cawre]

I'd probably die of jealousy if one of my siblings got a Hogwarts letter and I was left out.

[@carito24h28]

@@cawre Me too honestly

[@Maelael]

Petunia at least gave Harry a place in which he could call "home where the blood of his mother dwelled," in which helped Harry carry out his mission to destroy the darkest wizard of all time. Marge however would have doomed Harry and would have been on the receiving end of endless Howlers from not only Albus but everyone in the magical world for dooming the famous boy who lived. Petunia actually cared for Harry though she did not show it. Keep in mind that Harry kept a soul-sucking fiend from destroying her only son, and put her foot down firmly when Vernon wanted to put him out of the house. What would have changed Petunia's mind entirely in my mind if Harry had mentioned the cure for the dementor attack by saying that Dudley would feel much better if he was given chocolate.

[@CanisterA.D]

Every character in HP have their interesting backgrounds that will make you cry.

[@loisjeanwilliams]

"A woman's heart is an ocean of secrets".

[@ladydragon3648]

Petunia Dursley's Deep down really loves her sister & tried to push that love out of her heart. In, I think a small way Harry reminded her of her sister each time she looked at Harry when she seen his eyes. & that never let her love truly dye at all. She just wanted to for get she had a sister that was magical. Because she could not be magical at all. :( I always wished Magic was real.

[@TheBigGuppy]

I didn’t think any of this was secret. It must target people who never read Harry Potter.

[@tomemberton1546]

I very much agree with your assessment of Petunia. I caught the facial expressions & such when the Dursleys last saw Harry. Good on ya my friend!!!!!

[@Hypeet]

She also must’ve liked the magic world because in the order of the Phoenix right after when Dudley and Harry were attacked Harry talks about the dementors and When Vernon asks what they are Petunia says that they guard the wizard prison Azkaban. So she must’ve known some things from the magical world

[@Hypeet]

@Oof Oooof69 yeah that proves she actually likes magic because otherwise she wouldn’t of listened to lily

[@majungasaurusaaaa]

@@Hypeet That was pre hogwarts letters. In a period where Petunia, Lily and Severus hung out together.

[@Hypeet]

@@majungasaurusaaaa yeah but even after the hogwarts letters she must’ve listened aswell

[@mikehance6086]

I like how duddly liked harry after and said goodbye to him if jkr ever does another book about harry they should do one where his kids have a relationship with uncle duddly

[@tauruslhadzyan5901]

the movies not only also have tried to address this idea and about Harry's cousin, Dudley, actually being more complex and even slightly better characters than they were at the books or at most of the movies, but the scenes with Petunia addressing she actually missed her sister, and Dudley having a better bonding with Harry to finally understand and accept him and somehow apologize wishing him luck while good-bye to him too, could have done a lot more for the Dursley, except by Vernon, better in the end. (Kinda all that was eventually hinted for the Epilogue of the books where Dudley actually kept bonds with Harry after his father died.)

[@star_stark99]

Even though she did not show signs of magic Dudley or one of his children could have shown signs because it is stated that the magical gene could skip generations and it comes from squibs, a child of magical parents but show no magic themselves. She would have to come to terms with it at some point if not in her time of living.

[@AprilRose77]

Hear me out guys! What if Petunia hadn't been so jealous of Lily and got with Peter Pettigrew which maybe would've gotten the little rat what he wanted which was to be accepted by James (I mean he loves Lily who loves her sister who Peter in ways was taking care of) and maybe that would have stopped him from betraying the Potters giving Harry the life he was meant to have with his parents, godfather, and uncles who love him and a cousin who he could've played with instead of being teased by or made to feel less than. Just a thought please don't throw chairs