[HPforGrownups] Underage magic (was: Re: Silent/Wandless Magic?)

[SnapesRaven]

No: HPFGUIDX 101546

Hello, here's a question this post evoked.

David said,
"I get the impression that, despite what Flitwick says about the 
importance of pronunciation, once you have grown up and become 
adept, you can do a lot of the basic spells almost without thinking."

Now me:
I wonder about the whole law thing regarding underage magic. (Hope it hasn't been discussed before in this context!)
Can underage witches/wizards at their parents' home perform simple spells like the dish cleaning spell (the one we see in CoS), or summon things? With the strict trial Harry's repeated performance of underage magic in mind I wonder if it's even possible for a child that's growing up in the WW instead of with Muggles to avoid each and any kind of (wandless) magic. And as David pointed out, I also think that many spells simply function without great effort after sinking in and becoming routine.

It strikes me as a very strange thing that Harry accidentally set the snake free at the zoo (PS) and didn't receive his first telling-off back then. I recollect that in CoS it was Dobby's magical activity *at the Dursley's house* that earned Harry the letter. But Ron, Fred and eorge didn't suffer any consequences after using their father's enchanted car, did they? 
How precise does the time limit of holidays/term influence this rule? Does every day matter? First day of vacations: magic forbidden; first day of term: magic allowed again? Or does the place matter; is magic during the term only allowed at Hogwarts/in Hogsmeade ...somewhere school related?

Does it have to be intentional magic, performed with the conscious knowledge of the act as magical? Does a baby blowing up something in anger or pain therefore not count? As well as Harry's temper-caused outbursts *before* he was introduced to the WW, acknowledging his abilities?
I'm really at a loss here. 

And what happens when a student is expelled from school because of underage magic? Which future does he face? Is there an inevitable ill-fate due to never having learned anything correctly? Will he/she be an outcast? - I can hardly imagine that. What good would that do to the wizarding community?

One more question: Severus supposedly knew (according to Sirius) more dark spells/hexes when he first attended Hogwarts than most of the grown-up graduates. How come an eleven year-old is able to perform magic without ever practising? And can anyone earnestly imagine Draco growing up *without* magical training? He knew how to mount/fly a broom, after all, and the spells he used against Harry in the Duelling Club (CoS) were surely not on schedule (Serpensortia for example). 

Every opinion and pointings to posts on this topic (giving answers...!) are really appreciated...
: )


SnapesRaven







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