At what time is a witch/wizard categorized as one?

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 88895

Mandy wrote:
Humm you're right.  It is Neville's assumption that his uncle dropped 
him to see if he was magical, or that's what Neville was lead to 
believe by his family.  
 
They could have had other motives.  I too am very suspictious of 
Neville's family, although I hadn't thought about the possiblity of 
DE/Uncle Algie knowing about part of the prophecy and attempting to 
kill Neville for LV.  Very interesting.

Berit replies:

I don't really get the impression uncle Algie is a dire DE... He 
seems to be quite fond of Neville. He is the one who has supplied him 
with Trevor the toad and his new pet plant the Mimbulus Mimbletonia, 
none of which has killed or hurt him so far :-) Uncle Algie reminds 
me a little bit of Ludo Bagman; a somewhat childish, impulsive and 
rather rash "kid". Uncle Algie loved his nephew and so wanted him to 
be a wizard, he didn't really think of the consequences of testing 
him by dropping him from a window... A big child in a man's body.

But then I also must say that I don't trust Ludo Bagman's wide, 
innocent-looking eyes, so I guess I shouldn't trust uncle Algie 
either :-)

Berit
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