[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's sacrifice

[Heidi Tandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 58582

Pippin wrote:
There is  canon support for the 
idea that a wizard can lose his powers. Neville is the best 
example. We know, from interviews, that the Hogwarts quill 
writes down the names of all children who are magical enough 
to attend Hogwarts in the year that they are born. Yet Neville's 
family thought he was "all Muggle for ages"  and were afraid that 
he wasn't magical enough to come. How could  there be doubt,  
unless they thought something had happened to Neville's 
magic after the quill had written his name? 
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We actually don't know if parents, guardians or family members know that a child's name has been written with the quill until said child gets the Hogwarts letter. So I don't think this can be definitive evidence of Neville "losing" his magic. If nobody knew he had magic in him from the start they might reasonably think he was "all Muggle" instead. 

Neville might've "lost" his magic when his parents were driven mad, and, to borrow from the 70s british show The Tomorrow People, broke out later on with his magic, but the quill-info isn't declarative, either way. 


Heidi Tandy
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