Irma Pince magical? (WAS:Theory on Petunia)

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 156585

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abergoat" wrote:
> > 
> > Mike wrote:
> > And she values her books over anything or
> > anyone (unless she *is* secretly in love with Filch).
> 
> Abergoat says:
> I think that both Irma and Filch are related to Snape and that is
> their importance. People on the Eileen Prince thread roll their 
> eyes when I say it but I strongly suspect that Snape lost his     
> parents early <snip>

Mike here:

Interesting, very interesting! When you say related, do you mean 
familial related (by blood), or related by story line? Do you have 
something specific in canon that is steering you in this direction, 
or is it an impression from the overall story?

I too am on board with Snape is an orphan. It fits with the overall 
motif, Tom Riddle, Hagrid, Harry. I would include in this 
postulation that Tom was the only one of these four that DD didn't 
get personally involved with their well being. This could be DD's 
biggest mistake and one he has been trying to make up for for the 
past 60 years. Too bad, you gotta get them in the nest, once they go 
feral there's no getting 'em back. <g>

<snip> 
> abregoat again:
> 
> There is no reason to believe someone can tell something is a 
> horcrux by just looking at it or even touching it. Since most fans 
> believe Harry has touched the locket horcrux in OoP that lends 
> some support that you cannot tell. 
<snip>

Mike again:

Yeah, and Harry had the Diary!Horcrux and didn't know what it was. 
But, to be fair, at neither time did Harry know about Horcruxes, so 
maybe he wouldn't know what to be looking for. I don't know how he 
is going to know, in book 7, when he's actually found a previously 
unknown Horcrux, unless it's obviously a founder's heirloom. If one 
of them is "something of Ravenclaws", who's going to tell him that 
Ravenclaw used to own it?

Mike, wondering if Hermione can go to the library and look up all of 
Ravenclaw's known surviving heirlooms.