Magical Late Bloomer

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 151222

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, dkewpie <kewpiebb99 at ...> wrote:
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> --- Phil Vlasak <phil at ...> wrote:
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> > Now Phil:
> > I think the most obvious is Merope Gaunt.
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> Yup, it's definitely Merope Gaunt. I think it's really just simple 
as that, nothing more.
> It's really no shocking mystery and twist as people seem to think 
it is.  I find it a bit
> funny that people are still speculating and coming up with theories 
about this when it's
> been already answer in book 6 so black and white. But oh well, to 
each and hiw own, but
> sure there'll be lots of "that's it?!?!" disappointment when book 7 
is out...hehh...
> 
> J
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Hickengruendler:

I do agree that Merope Gaunt is a likely candidate, and if there's 
nothing more about it in book 7, than I'll be the first one to admit 
that JKR really meant Merope. But I really have to wonder what makes 
you that sure that it's her. I would argue that at this time another 
solution to this mystery is just as equally possible.

I for example wonder, if the time during which Merope does magic 
really counts as "desperate circumstances". To be precise, at the 
time she bewitched Tom senior her circumstances were probably less 
desperate than ever before, seeing that both father and brother were 
in Azkaban and couldn't bully her anymore.