Magical ability detected at birth (was Re: Evans family)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 117703


Kelly:
> > What I don't understand is how the book *knows* that a baby is 
> > magical.  It might assume a baby born to magical parents is also 
> > magical, but does it *know* a muggle born (like Hermione or the 
> > Creevys) is magical at birth, or does it wait for evidence when 
> > the child makes strange things happen?
 
Patrick here:
> I think we all assume there has to be an explination for magic.  
> Magic just is.  I think JKR said this in some form, at some 
> time...or perhaps I dreamt it.  Either way, it works because it was 
> charmed or created to do just that.  Just like the Knight bus runs 
> on magic (unless there's some sort of WW gas station?) this book 
> runs on magic.  Perhaps it senses a shift in the "magical tides" 
> and locates the cause.  Who knows...
> 
> Patrick...whose favorite line from "Shakespeare in Love" is:
> "It's a mystery."  So fitting...


SSSusan:
Or just like the owls just *know* how to find their assigned 
addressee...and like the envelopes *know* [I presume] how to re-
address themselves when their addressee moves on to a different 
location.  You know what I mean?  It's not just that the letters came 
addressed with the highly specific *Cupboard under the Stairs* line 
at first, it's that they kept coming properly addressed as Harry & 
the Dursleys moved from spot to spot.

IOW, it's just magic!

Siriusly Snapey Susan