[HPforGrownups] The Hogwarts Quill and the "late bloomer"

[Susanne Schmid]

No: HPFGUIDX 28592


 
  dfrankiswork at netscape.net wrote: 
Of all the things stated by JKR outside of the books, I think the Hogwarts Quill has the most implications for things we discuss here.

1) The nature of wizards.  The quill implies that one either is, or is not, magical.  There is plenty of other evidence to support this general idea, but I feel the quill is the most decisive.  This has implications for Filch and his Kwikspell course in particular, as well as debates about what Muggles would achieve by following a potion recipe.  Incidentally, it also defines Hagrid as a wizard rather than a Giant, as I assume Giants don't go to Hogwarts.
<snip a lot of interesting arguments>

But if your line of thought is correct, then JKR is contradicting herself: What about the alleged "late bloomer" who will show up in one of the future books, according to what she said in another interview (and we had quite a bit of discussion on this topic some months ago)? If this person will really be introduced, how will his or her past be explained? If this person *is* magical, the name would have shown on the list, he or she would have received a letter and gone to Hogwarts. Or wehave to consider the possibility of parents- and in that case I'd suppose they are rather Muggles than wizards- refusing that their child go to Hogwarts, keeping the existence of the letter from him or her. In  that case it might be possible that the person in question arrives at a rather advanced age without becoming aware of his or her abilities. After all, those "strange things" Harry made happen while living with the Dursleys were always due to strong emotional stress. So perhaps, if our late bloomer had grown up in very happy circumstances, accidental magic might not have happened. Just think of Hermione: Obviously, neither she nor her parents had the faintest idea of having a witch in the family, because nothing out of the normal had happened so far.

Which makes me think that one of the Grangers could be the person in question, so Hermione would be half-blood and that might have consequences on e.g. Draco's behaviour towards her... There could be some very interesting implications...

susanna/pigwidgeon37

 

 


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