OOP: Magic late in life (spoiler) - Petunia

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No: HPFGUIDX 63914

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "happyduck1979" <swirskyr at r...> 
wrote:
> Ok, I have been trying hard to keep up with all of the posts 
comming 
> to my inbox, and I am pretty sure I have not seen this brought up.  
> Long before OOP came out, one of the things we were told is that 
one 
> of the characters would come to do magic late in life.  After 
reading 
> and rereading the book, I am still not sure who we were being told 
> about!  Arrablla Figg is a squib, and although does get involved 
does 
> not do any magic.  Filch gets some temporary new powers, but it 
> certainly does not seem to be anything of the mgical nature.  
Petunia 
> does no magic and neither does Duddykins.  Are we talking about 
> Neville???  He certainly doescome into his own in a lot of ways, 
but 
> he was capable of magic in earlier books.The only think I can think 
> of that does unexpected magic is the fountain, but I just do not 
> think that they might be considered characters late in life.
> 
> "Happyduck"

That's a good one.  I don't think its Neville, he is definitely 
not "late in life".  Besides McGonagall hints that he can do it, all 
he lacks is confidence, which he is slowly gaining during this book.  
Personally I think that Aunt Petunia starting to do some magic has a 
great potential in the plot; Filch and Figg really makes no 
difference.  Some have said earlier that Petunia may have just been 
shadowed by her sister and turned out jelous and angry, trying to 
repress anything out of the ordinary in herself.  We already saw her 
defy Vernon; this could be just the start.  The protection she and 
her house provides seems to be very important; she may have to do her 
own bit in the later books to save her family if Voldemort decides to 
come after them.  This is very likely since Voldemort would want to 
remove the protection guarding Harry.

Marta