Magic Detection

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 44986


Sheryl writes;

<< So what's the deal?  Is this a <gasp> mistake, or is there some pattern I'm
missing?  Of course, there are 3 more books coming, perhaps all will be
explained.  >>

Well if there IS a pattern I wish someone would explain it to ME. Because it 
completely escapes me. I am growing into the interpretation that the whole 
"magical monitoring" concept is a rather shabby device that Rowling is 
jerking around and rewriting to suit whatever she wants it to be at any given 
moment. And that's pretty much my point. Because it doesn't seem to be at all 
consistent as far as the information that we'vwe been given to date goes. 

If we look at the evidence so far;

Book 1. For ten years Harry has been producing intermittent but highly 
noticable spontaneous magical "breakthroughs" and the Ministry of magic does 
*nothing* about any of them.

Book 2. One floating pudding and Harry gets a nasty-gram threatening 
expulsion within five minutes of the incident. Furthermore, that floating 
pudding was produced wandlessly (House Elves are forbidden to have wands, 
remember?), how did the MOM come to the conclusion that this wasn't just 
another breakthrough? 

Book 3. Harry produces another and fairly spectacular breakthrough 
(wandlessly again, I might add), The Magical Reversal squad, complete with 
obliviators show up within the hour. Harry is reassured that no one seems to 
hold this against him and his Aunt Marge doesn't remember a thing.

Is it just me, or are these incidents totally inconsistent with one another? 
What the hell is Rowling playing at? Huh?

-JOdel, who realizes that by posting this there is a risk of looking totally 
foolish if OoP comes out with a full expose of hanky-panky in the Ministry 
Dept in charge of monitoring underage wizards.