Magic late in life

[scoutmom21113]

No: HPFGUIDX 68780

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinwolf2001" 
<lupinwolf2001 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" 
> <valkyrievixen at y...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Florentine Maier" 
> > <florentinemaier at h...> wrote:
> > > Do you still remember the rumour about "someone becoming able 
to 
> do 
> > > magic late in their life"? So I guess that was a prediction 
for 
> Oop 
> > > that did _not_ come true. But where did it come from in the 
first 
> > > place?
> > > Can we still expect someone to turn magic late in their life 
in 
> > book 
> > > 6 or 7?
> > > 
> > > Florentine
> > 
> > I know where it came from but I can't remember the link sorry, 
> > another member may provide the exact transcript location for 
you. 
> > Until they do, I will let you know that JK herself told us in 
reply 
> > to a question about whether a squib could become magical.
> > She replied in a manner thus, A squib can't become a wizard but 
one 
> > squib character in the books does manage to do some magic late 
in 
> > life in desperate circumstances.
> > 
> > Valky
> 
> I have long been under the impression that the person finding they 
> can do magic in real life is one Vernon Dursley.

IMO it is more likely to be Petunia.  There was another post 
suggesting Petunia might be a squib, which would explain some 
things.  Vernon had no idea what dementors are (p31, US ed.), but 
Petunia did.  She was upset with herself when she realized she had 
spoken out, and tried to cover it up by saying she had heard James 
tell Lily about them.  

Later (p38) Harry realized that Petunia, unlike Vernon, knew what it 
meant that LV was back - she was afraid.  Vernon had no clue what 
was going on.

<snip> 
> There is more to Vernon than we know. While OOTP shows the Howler 
> from Dumbledore addressed to Petunia, it could easily 
> pertain "remember my last" to something to do with Vernon. Despite 
> her horribleness to Harry, she does love Vernon. Its possible she 
> does not wish him to be the same sort of freak that her sister was.

I think it more likely that Petunia didn't want Vernon to think that 
she might be a freak too.  (Can you just imagine their private 
conversation later that night?)

Ravenclaw Bookworm