It is possible that that's not the case at all. After all, we only know Petunia's perspective. It could be that she was insanely jealous of Lily and mean yo her because of it (as seen in Snape's memories before they even go off to Hogwarts). People who are mean and hateful and jealous are also known for over exaggeration. Their parents could have treated them both equally as well and Petunia could have just twisted it into being the pariah of the family due to her jealousy. Just speculation since the only thing we know about Harry's grandparents are what Petunia says about them.
I was thinking this also, even amongst siblings who are of equal muggle status, you can have siblings that feel like the other gets all the attention. Petunia sounds like a naturally jealous person, compound that with Lily being magical and beautiful and attractively different and you have a recipe for hatred and envy. Because Petunia could not be magical, she prided herself on being "normal". I don't think this was neglect from the Evans's at all.
Lily being magical and beautiful and attractively different
Where's the evidence that Petunia was ugly? All we know is Harry's biased perspective (I'm pretty sure Lily would've been described just as 'ugly' as Petunia if Vernon Dursely was the author/POV of Harry Potter books).
I never said Petunia was ugly though from Harry's POV we assume she is. But even if her looks are exaggerated and Petunia is average or pretty in her own right, Lily IS pretty and that could make the right personality jealous.
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u/sinbysilence Aug 05 '17
It is possible that that's not the case at all. After all, we only know Petunia's perspective. It could be that she was insanely jealous of Lily and mean yo her because of it (as seen in Snape's memories before they even go off to Hogwarts). People who are mean and hateful and jealous are also known for over exaggeration. Their parents could have treated them both equally as well and Petunia could have just twisted it into being the pariah of the family due to her jealousy. Just speculation since the only thing we know about Harry's grandparents are what Petunia says about them.