Aunt Petunia And Uncle Vernon, their realtionship |
 Aug 9 2007, 03:34 PM
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Shopping for a New Firebolt  Posts: 811 Joined: 4:04pm April 13, 2007 Location: ...now that would be telling  |
i was looking at the aunt petunia and dudley topic in this forum, and it got me thinking about petunia and vernon.
there was an idea that dudley was the first person she loved since lily left, which is why she mollycoddles him so much, so what about uncle vernon? did she ever have feelings for him? did she marry him for money? does she love him or just like him??? your thoughts please  mods move this if neccessary 
-------------------- 'you have a good feeling about burying a giant spider?'
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Aug 9 2007, 03:56 PM
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Shopping for a New Firebolt Posts: 854 Joined: 9:12am April 1, 2007 Location: Not quite in the afterlife but not quite on earth  |
She and Vernon probably just got married because no one else could put up with them so they just got together
 . But to be honest I think they "love" each other because the way Vernon protects them when "magical" accidents happens he always tries to protect Petunia and Dudley
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Aug 9 2007, 06:02 PM
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I always kind of got the impression that Petunia and Vernon's relationship was based on comfort and expectations. They are comfortable with each other because they are safely within their zone of acceptability and with each other's expectations of one another. As for the why of their marriage, it was probably expected for them to get married, and Petunia would have wanted to be "the good child" even at an adult age--Vernon was just another way of being "good" and "normal."
Though the challenge of finding someone else that would put up with them is also a valid point. This post has been edited by BookishPhoenix: Aug 9 2007, 06:02 PM |
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Aug 9 2007, 06:08 PM
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Professional Diagon Alley Window Shopper Posts: 68 Joined: 10:22pm July 28, 2007 Location: someplace, breeding Fwoopers ;D |
I kind of have the same sense as everyone else...I sometimes wonder if there ever was a time when they were passionately in love. Theirs is another backstory I eagerly await in that Encyclopedia...
--------------------  ~My Patronus~ my 7 favorite HP characters: severus~bellatrix~narcissa~sybill~minerva~petunia~lucius |
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Aug 9 2007, 06:42 PM
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Butterbeer Connoisseur Posts: 1,456 Joined: 5:38pm June 22, 2007 |
I have no reason to believe that Petunia and Vernon didn't love each other. No one can ever see the reality of a marriage from outside it.
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There is more to love than making it. There is more to you than meets the eye. . . --Mars Bonfire |
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Aug 10 2007, 09:36 AM
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Junior Dishwasher at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 614 Joined: 8:36am February 16, 2007 Location: The Flavour-Testing Room for Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans |
I think that they do love each other, they just aren't all passionate and lovey. They have achieved what they wanted, a plain suburban existence in which public displays of affection are discouraged and settling into a dull life is desirable. Thank goodness! The idea of them kissing.....
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Aug 11 2007, 05:26 AM
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Shopping for a New Firebolt Posts: 811 Joined: 4:04pm April 13, 2007 Location: ...now that would be telling |
QUOTE(The Weasley 9 @ Aug 10 2007, 03:36 PM) [snapback]1382327[/snapback] I think that they do love each other, they just aren't all passionate and lovey. They have achieved what they wanted, a plain suburban existence in which public displays of affection are discouraged and settling into a dull life is desirable. Thank goodness! The idea of them kissing..... !*shudders* you're right there. i do think they were just comfetable with each other, maybe never love, but they liked each other enough to marry i suppose hmmm i wonder where they met? -------------------- 'you have a good feeling about burying a giant spider?'
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Aug 11 2007, 05:31 AM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 173 Joined: 4:00pm August 8, 2007 Location: Fleet Street, UK |
I think they just, somehow, ended up together. But then again, maybe they saw something in eachother that noone else could see...
But yes... the thought of them snogging is quite disturbing.... eww... -------------------- |
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Aug 11 2007, 05:38 AM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 23 Joined: 5:35pm August 9, 2007 |
I can just imagine Vernon and Petunia meeting at a local 'Conservative party' fund raising dance, where Vernon impresses her with his political views on dealing with misfits and the 'unusual' people that he feels plague society.
So maybe a joining of view points rather than hearts 
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Aug 12 2007, 03:17 PM
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Shopping for a New Firebolt Posts: 811 Joined: 4:04pm April 13, 2007 Location: ...now that would be telling |
seeing as vernon was opposed to the abnormal and unusal, and he kept suggesting 'what to do with these people', then shouldnt petunia get a little defensive, seeing as her sister is one of the 'abnormal'?
-------------------- 'you have a good feeling about burying a giant spider?'
'he can move faster than severus snape confronted by shampoo' |
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