4/7/2023 0 Comments Corpse party anime teacherLily thinks some of Petunia’s rules annoying, others funny, but she has never mocked Petunia for them. Were Lily not so accepting of Petunia’s many rules, Petunia would probably hate her. Lily’s full name is Lily Jane Evans, so she should marry a man whose last name has four letters. If possible, Petunia would like to marry a man with a last name that has seven letters, so her full name will be balanced. Mary after Mum’s mother, who died during the Blitz. Petunia always writes her full name: Petunia Mary Evans. Can’t all be best in class, can we? I wasn’t.” And then he will laugh and ruffle her hair, and Petunia will scowl and shake a little but accept it, because he means well, despite how much she hates it when people touch her hair.ĭaddy calls her Pet, and Mum calls her Petunia because she says it’s a beautiful name, and Lily calls her Tuney. People need secretaries, don’t they? “Of course they do, love,” Daddy tells her. It is all the people who do as they are told and who know their place whom society rests on. Exceptions do not keep the world turning. Why would she want to be an exception? An exception is nothing to be proud of. These are the sixties, of course, and there is only room for one exceptional girl in the Evans family. She will make something of herself, something proper and right and beautiful.įor Petunia, well, there are always secretarial courses, or failing that, perhaps a nice boy. She must absolutely take the exams for university. Lily will go very far, they tell Daddy and Mum. That the younger Evans cannot live up the elder is seemingly absurd, in their minds. No teacher can deny that, although they are always disappointed with her, having had Lily first. Certainly more clever than Petunia, who enjoys the ordered nature of school but not most of the exercises. Lily says this, so it must be true, because Lily is quite clever. Even Petunia knows what the first one means, and Lily says wanker is a word for a bad man, and slut a word for a bad woman. The curse words are as follows: shit, wanker, slut. Lily knows three curse words, and whispers them in Petunia’s ear even as Petunia squeals and tries to drown them out. Lily doesn’t tie her laces properly, and then complains when she trips. The water is dirty almost instantly, and the thought of it coating her skin once more makes her want to squirm and shudder. Petunia cannot stand to sit in the bath for too long. She takes ages to get dressed, and spends forever in the bath, daydreaming and singing to herself. But Lily does things like not come when Mum calls them in for dinner, preoccupied with the game, while Petunia drops whatever she is holding and bolts for the door. Lily has many more freckles than Petunia, but they are mostly confined to her arms and legs, not her face. Again, quite rare, but they are identical to Mum’s. Lily has red hair, which is quite rare, but she inherited it from Mum. Lily is beautiful because she exists outside of Petunia’s systems. She was a beautiful baby, a beautiful child, and though Petunia does not know it yet, will become a beautiful woman. Lily is older than Petunia by one year, three months, and twenty three days. She counts the flowers on her curtains every night twenty six. She likes knowing that Daddy will be home for supper at five o’clock sharp, and she and Lily must absolutely turn their lights off by eight thirty, or Mum will be annoyed. She likes order because it helps calm her down when her thoughts begin to clutter up like a horde of gnats, gnawing at her brain. Glenn Evans works at an auto factory, and Violet Evans looks after the house and their two daughters.Įverything is well-ordered and regular. Their house is small but neat, with a little garden in the back and a view of the river. Perfectly normal, mundane people from the suburbs of Birmingham. Evans are busy running after two small girls, and they are muggles. Petunia Evans is three years old the first time she shows signs of magic.īut these signs go unnoticed, because Mr. Sirius Black & Remus Lupin & Peter Pettigrew & James Potter.Petunia Evans Dursley & Lily Evans Potter.
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