Magical Late Bloomer/ Was Neville is the one

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 150987

 
> Magpie:
> I admit Filch is the one I'm really hoping for. With the background 
we have 
> on him, his being our first Squib, I'd love it.  He's a bitter man, 
but his 
> longing to do magic and lack of respect by the kids makes me root for 
him to 
> be the one who does magic.
> 
> -m
>

Hickengruendler:

Yes, I want it to be Filch as well, ever since I first read JKR's 
quote. And I want to add that he's the only character we know about, 
who actually tries to *learn* some magic. Mrs Figg might as well or she 
might be more satisfied with her existence and decides not to try to 
learn it. The Dursleys are surely not interested in this at all, and I 
really don't see what them suddenly being able to do magic would offer 
for the storyline other than maybe poetic justice, that they know have 
a wizard or witch in their family as well. That's why I am glad that 
JKR already ruled out Petunia and Dudley, since they were the only 
Dursleys, who had IMO a realistic chance, with them being related by 
blood to Lily. JKR would have to do a lot of work to make me believe 
that it actually were Vernon or even Aunt Marge (who very likely could 
have been a 'one-chapter-special-guest' anyway), who would suddenly be 
able to do a spell or two. Also, I think there's a strong likelihood 
that a Horcrux is hidden in Hogwarts (the one place where Tom really 
feeled home) and that Voldemort will find out about Harry's Horcrux 
mission, (maybe through Lucius, who overhears Harry talking to 
Mundungus Fletcher in Azkaban about the locket and later breaks out) 
and attack the castle to get his hand at the Horcrux hidden there 
before Harry finds out, where it is. That would give Filch an excellent 
reason, and it certainly would count as a desperate circumstance. Of 
course I find an attack at the Dursleys equally likely therefore  
wouldn't rule out Arabella. 

I just hope that it wasn't Merope, because I would find this a bit 
anticlimatic, especially since, although she certainly had not an easy 
life, I wouldn't actually call the time she did some magic "Desperate 
Circumstances". Quite in contrast, with both father and brother away, 
one could argue that the "circumstances" were the best in her whole 
life.

I am really surprised that people think it might be Neville. Neville's 
a wizard and even though he's not the best one (particularly in the 
earlier books), he did some magic since the very beginning, and did not 
start late in life at all. Same for Hagrid.

Hickengruendler