Mark Evans

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 85056

"Geoff Bannister" wrote:
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> (3) On the subject of accidental magic. Harry has performed this on 
> various occasions as we know - the hair growing, the roof, the zoo, 
> Aunt Marge's wineglass, Aunt Marge herself and so on. We also know 
> that on occasions, he has been bullied by Dudley and his sidekicks. 
> What triggers off this reaction? Is it just chance? Does his fear or 
> anger have to reach a certain point on the dial before his head of 
> steam blows?
> 
> I do get a feeling that Harry is more aware of accidental magic as 
> time goes on:
> 
> "Harry got through the next three days by forcing himself to think 
> about his 'Handbook of Do-it-Yourself Broomcare' whenever Aunt Marge 
> started on him. This worked quite well...." (POA p.25 UK edition)
> 
> This implies that he has become more conscious of the possibility of 
> something happening.
> 
> Geoff

Yes. In the first two instances (and the boa constrictor incident
where he dissolves the glass), he didn't even know he was a wizard. I
suspect this is Mark Evans' situation as well. He didn't defend
himself from a gang of bullies much bigger than himself (though he
apparently taunted them so he's no coward), but Harry at the same age
didn't defend himself, either. He spent some six hours IIRC in a tree
because of Aunt Marge's dog. Harry performed wandless accidental magic
in some instances but not others, all without any awareness that the
strange events were magic and that he was their cause.

Not sure where I'm going with this except that knowing he's a wizard
makes him conscious of his potential to perform accidental magic,
which makes him more responsible for it when it does happen. If he had
blown up Aunt Marge at a time when the MoM hadn't thought he was in
danger from Sirius Black, he probably would have been expelled. If he
had somehow done it at age ten, they might not even have known about it.

Carol