Magical Late Bloomer

[Jennifer Carlson]

No: HPFGUIDX 151228

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler" 
<hickengruendler at ...> wrote:
 
> 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.


Jen:
Perhaps, but love is also an incredibly strong force, as is the desire 
for true happiness, neither of which Merope has ever experienced, and 
she sees Tom Sr. as the answer...so that certainly could qualify as 
desperate circumstance!

Blessings,
Jen