Person coming to magic late in life/Hermione in potions class (was Re: Am I the only one...)

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 134976

Lasp1x said:
> Secondly, I wanted to bring up the question of the person who came 
> into magic late in life. I have mentioned my opinion of this at 
> Fiction Alley but am curious enough about it to also bring it up 
> here. HP fans are known for over analyzing, I do it myself all the 
> time. But could the person who comes into magic late in life be as 
> simple as being Merope? We are told by Dumbledore that she couldn't 
> do magic until she left the Gaunt house and her father also calls her 
> a squib.


azriona said:
"I'd forgotten all about that statement of hers.  Yeah, I totally agree 
that the person is Merope.  

I wonder *why* she couldn't do magic until she left the house.  Was it 
because she wasn't very good at it to begin with, or perhaps her family 
was so overbearing that she was afraid to try?  And if she never did 
magic, does that mean she didn't attend Hogwarts?  (Although I don't 
imagine for a second the rest of the family did, either.)"


Do you really think 18 is *late in life*?  DD said something along the lines of Merope's magic being not what it should be while she was tormented and tortured by her father and brother.  It didn't show in the best light.  Something along those lines. (Sorry, I hate not being able to quote but my book isn't handy.)  I think she was a witch all along, she was just so cowed and frightened by her father and her brother, everything she did went wrong.  Marvolo was calling her a Squib as even more torment.

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shagufta said: "And as far as HBP is concerned, Hermione doesnt get anything wrong, 
her potions are textbook perfect, and thats really the best a student 
aims for. 


The whole problem, here, in Slughorns potions class, is that somebody is getting more credit than Hermione.  She's not 'the best' anymore, whether her potion is textbook perfect or not.  Harry is getting all the glory when his is as well.


CathyD
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