The person to show Magic late in life: -- Was: More random musing s on HBP.

[James Sharman]

No: HPFGUIDX 141387

JKR made reference to somone showing magic late in life. We of course all
assumed that this might be a primary character and set about guessing who it
could be. I won't offer all the theories but Petunia was obviously a big
one.

However when reading HBP I thought the answer was there. The character Merop
(spelling?)(Tom riddles mother) was considered to be a squib at home, but
only when she left did she start exhibiting magic properly. 

Does anyone else think this explains JKR's hint? 

J,

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Sent: 07 October 2005 22:55
To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: More random musings on HBP.


Valky wrote:
> 1. Yet again Petunia has an odd reaction to the mention of Lily's
> Blood Protection. While Vernon, clearly put out by what he percieves
> to be the impudence of Dumbledore making plans for his Household,
> Petunia OTOH, looks oddly flushed.

ibchawz responds:
I think Petunia is also worried that it runs out when Harry "comes of 
age" at age 17 instead of 18 in the Muggle world.  We have received 
clues in other books that she knows more than she lets on.  She knew 
about the dementors of Azkaban from the horrible boy was this James, 
Snape, or someone else she was referring to?  In addition, we still 
need a good answer for the "Remember my Last" howler that she 
received.  I think Petunia will play an important, even if small, 
role in Book 7.  Will she be the one to perform magic late in life?  
Even if she doesn't, she could provide important information 
pertaining to the Horcrux hunt or the events at Godric's Hollow.


<snipped #2 since I don't really have anything to add>

Valky wrote:
> 3. When Dumbledore is discussing the Prophecy with Harry, DD
> unexpectedly insists that Harry share it with Hermione and Ron,
> mentioning that it would be disservice to them if he kept it to
> himself. 
<snipped>

ibchawz responds:
Another reason that DD could have done this is that he realized how 
angry Harry was when Ron and Hermione would not share any info with 
Harry in the beginning of OoTP.  He could have simply been trying to 
avoid strife between the trio to ensure that they were together for 
the road ahead.

Valky wrote:
> 4. Dumbledore makes another interesting demand of Harry before he
> leaves, he tells Harry to keep his invisibilty clok t all times with
> him, just in case. This is of course a form of protection for Harry 
in
> the simplest sense, but I do wonder to what other end Dumbldore
> imagines he cloak will be useful for, if Harry uses it 'wisely'.

ibchawz responds:
Could this be because DD already knew about Draco's task?  If DD was 
expecting trouble at Hogwart's, he would want Harry to be prepared.  
It appears that DD was expecting trouble at Hogwart's since he had 
Order members guarding the place.

ibchawz








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