Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Order of the Phoenix/Chapter 2

Letters
It's mentioned a few times in this article that one (or two, counting the letter sent to Petunia in her childhood) letter(s) has/have been sent to Petunia from Dumbledore prior to her receipt of the Howler in this chapter.

I believe it's actually three. Dumbledore sent a letter to the Dursleys near the beginning of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a reprimand to Harry (and Ron) flying the car to Hogwarts.

Is this significant enough to mention? It doesn't contribute anything to the plot, but it's still a letter from Dumbledore!

92.9.94.250 (discuss) 17:51, 21 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Honestly, I don't know... before we can add that, of course, I have to go back to the sources and find out if that was mentioned. Chazz (talk) 18:48, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Lily and James
An IP editor changed the one word "hated" (describing Lily's feelings for James Potter) to "spurned" with the edit comment:

no, Lily did not hate James Potter. She rejected his advances and was well aware of, disliked, and criticized his arrogance, yes. But that is far away from actual hate; if she had hated him, it would really be strange for them to be together afterwards.

I will note in passing that it is a literary convention that hate can turn quickly to love, both being very strong emotions; but I will let the correction stand as the changed word is equally valid, and makes it unnecessary for us to rely on aging conventions. And the edit comment is cogent enough that I feel it should be at least somewhat more visible. Chazz (talk) 02:41, 7 October 2017 (UTC)