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

[Sharon]

No: HPFGUIDX 134992

Lasp1x said:
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.
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> azriona said:
"I'd forgotten all about that statement of hers.  Yeah, I totally 
agree that the person is Merope.  



CathyD said:
> 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.


Az again:

Yeah, actually, I do think 18 is late in life - when you're talking 
about a society where children start showing magic at the age of 
three and four, and if by eight you haven't shown it, you get dropped 
out of a window by your great-uncle.  (Neville being case in point.)  
Maybe 18 isn't that old for us, but I think 18 would be pretty much 
past the age of being able to do anything about it for them.

--azriona