Magic in vacations (was questions on Dumbledore and Harry--Continuing Education)

[Jilly Harris]

No: HPFGUIDX 38046


Gretchen/mrflynn6 wrote:

I think that some of his protection with the Dursley's comes from not

> doing magic, perhaps because by him doing magic, the wizarding world
> could detect where he lives or otherwise "give away" his location to
> Voldermort.  A comment was made a while back about how other wizard
> children are able to fly broomsticks or perform spells to turn
> stuffed animals into spiders without getting a notice from the MOM.
> Why would the MOM jump all over Harry and not these other children?

But on the other hand, the two responsible (and I'm only going by
two/three characters here) Draco's father as the Minister
of Magic in his back pocket. Draco could easily learn and not worry
about trouble because Fudge is such a coward, he
probably would not go up against Lucius. The Weasley twins probably were
reprimanded privately, because the Ministry
most likely commented to Arthur about it since he's in the Ministry.

It's rumored that there is a protection charm around the Dursley's,
which is why Harry can't go to the Weasleys any earlier
than he does. (Or it was said in GoF). Harry also lives with Muggles,
which is probably why they jumped on him first. I'm
sure if Hermione had been practicing magic they would have said
something to her. In the movie (can't remember if it was
in the book or not) it's stated that she tried a few simple spells that
worked for her after getting her books. I'm sure at some
point we didn't see, McGonagall pulled her aside to inform her that she
couldn't DO magic outside of Hogwart's. Being a
muggle-born, I'm sure she didn't know that.

That's just my $0.02

Jilly (A newbie *g*)