Mark Evans

[queen_astrofiammante]

No: HPFGUIDX 84943

Carol wrote:

>I also think that Mark, like Harry at age ten, has no idea that he's 
a wizard or he wouldn't let Dudley and his gang beat him up. Enter 
the owl with a letter from Hogwarts

Now Astrofiammante:

I'm really, really sorry to come along with my sceptical attitude to 
poor little Mark Evans and pour cold water on his head. 

All I can say in my own defence is that, after reading this thread, 
I'm a little bit less sceptical than I used to be. 

I used to think he was an out-and-out flint. Now I think I had 
overlooked the significance of his being aged ten an there is a 
slight possibility he is an important future character.

But to get back to the point, Carol, if little Mark was a latent 
wizard, and rotten Dudders and his gang came along and beat him up, 
wouldn't some latent magic have revealed itself? Wouldn't Mark, as 
Harry once did, unconsciously defend himself against Dudley and send 
him packing?

Ah, Astrofiammante, you will say, but Harry is a special case in the 
wizarding world.

True. Unarguable really. But Hagrid mentions the phemomenon of latent 
wizardry in PS as if it was nothing out of the ordinary, and in OotP 
Dumbledore makes that remark about even the best wizards losing their 
temper occasionally.

A few thoughts for you, anyway

Astrofiammante