[HPforGrownups] Re: Magic later in life

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 106128

Dicentra <dicentra at x...> wrote:
> Q: Will there be, or have there been, any "late blooming" students in
> the school who come into their magic potential as adults, rather than
> as children?
>
> A: No, is the answer. In my books, magic almost always shows itself in
> a person before age 11; however, there is a character who does manage
> in desperate circumstances to do magic quite late in life, but that is
> very rare in the world I am writing about.


Charme (who is glad Dicentra found it):

I am hedging my bets that the person who finds that magic later in life is
Petunia. Petunia intrigues me after references in OoP to her unnaturally
clean house, and also that she really does appear to know Voldemorts's name
as well as the impact he could have on the WW.  I note that in PS/SS,
Petunia just says that her sister got herself "blown up" - how did she know
that? Furthermore, her reaction to the news that Voldemort is back is a
little more than just surprise, wouldn't you say?  Something that happens
will shock it out of her; as JK Rowling states it will happen in "desperate
circumstances."  I'm convinced it's her :)

Charme