Mimble Wimble (longer)

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 90541

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nkafkafi" <nkafkafi at y...> 
wrote:
> CRobo wrote:
> > Very interesting.  I bought my daughter the "Chamber of Secrets" 
> > computer game for Christmas.  In it, one of the spells is 
> > "MimbleWimble or Stuttering Charm
> > "Causes your opponent to mess up his or her next spell."
> > 
> > JKR was involved in some portions of the development of this 
game 
> > according to the credits.  This implies to me that Vernon might 
> have 
> > a bit more WW knowledge than I realized.  And if he really did 
> utter 
> > a charm, and it was effective (Hagrid's attempt to turn Dudley 
into 
> > a pig only succeeded in Dudley gaining a tail), then is Vernon 
> > capable of magic?  Yikes!
> > 
> 
> Neri now:
> This thread have become intriguing and I'm really sorry to squash 
it, 
> but here is a bit from JKR's interview I just came across while 
> looking for something else:
> 
> America Online, October 19, 2000, Chat Transcript
> http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2000/1000-aol-chat.htm
> 
> "Q: Does everyone have a little magic in them? Even if they are 
> Muggles? And if not, how did magic start? 
> 
> JKR answers: I think we do (outside the books), but within my 
books --
>  do you really think there's any magic in Uncle Vernon? Magic is 
one 
> of those odd talents which some have and some don't."
> 
> JKR doesn't lie in her interviews (that I know of) and here she 
> brought up Vernon herself.
> 
> On the other hand, she did not specifically said "Uncle Vernon 
> doesn't have magic in him", but "do you really think there's any 
> magic in Uncle Vernon?". So all of you Uncle Vernon's fans, there 
is 
> still hope 8-)
> 
> Neri

LizVega here:

Isn't it odd that she mentioned Uncle Vernon in the context of that 
question! We are to assume that, no, there is no magic in uncle 
vernon- but that's not what she says- she continues to say that 
magic is one of those odd talents that some people have and others 
do not- but she didn't say that Uncle Vernon doesn't have any magic 
in him- she asks if we the readers think that uncle vernon has any 
magic in  him. I wonder if the question caught her off guard- Jo 
gets flustered and starts stuttering during some of her interviews- 
bless her : )- but what if she was just surprised that we were 
questioning everyone's 'orientation' as it were- since she's gone to 
such painstaking efforts to identify everyone to us! 

But, isn't usually a viable option to question who/what/when 
everyone is? In the WW that is?

And, one of the major themes of the books has been prejudice, 
bigotry, intolerance. We have gotten so good at 'categorizing' 
everyone- and that's what her characters and their endeavors are 
trying to teach us not to do- I wouldn't be one bit surprised if 
vernon is magical, or dudley for that matter, or petunia. Just like 
Harry and Hagrid think they're the biggest bunch of muggles in the 
world- so do we- but what if we/Harry are wrong? How would that 
affect Harry or the plot?