I'd be interested in seeing if Lily had any responsibility in the split, too. Because obviously here, it's put down to Petunia as the one who doesn't want to see her sister (and the nasty Muggle being jealous of the awesome wizard/witch seems to be JKR's default mindset, judging from other comments she's made - Ron's line about his family not speaking to the Squib sounds chilling, but her interview indicates that surprise surprise, the backstory here is that the Squib is really obnoxious.) but since the only Muggleborns we know much about, Hermione and Dean, seem to have assimilated totally into the Wizarding World and left their families behind (Hermione's attitude towards this has been hashed over a lot here, and Dean has that great line in OotP about not being 'stupid' enough to tell his family when people at the school die) it'd be fitting if Lily put on airs or else just disconnected from the others.
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Date: 2006-10-16 08:49 am (UTC)Because obviously here, it's put down to Petunia as the one who doesn't want to see her sister (and the nasty Muggle being jealous of the awesome wizard/witch seems to be JKR's default mindset, judging from other comments she's made - Ron's line about his family not speaking to the Squib sounds chilling, but her interview indicates that surprise surprise, the backstory here is that the Squib is really obnoxious.) but since the only Muggleborns we know much about, Hermione and Dean, seem to have assimilated totally into the Wizarding World and left their families behind (Hermione's attitude towards this has been hashed over a lot here, and Dean has that great line in OotP about not being 'stupid' enough to tell his family when people at the school die) it'd be fitting if Lily put on airs or else just disconnected from the others.