Reparo Spell/Rita Skeeter a man/ the one who show magic later in life

[Kevin Furey]

No: HPFGUIDX 152253


On 5/14/06, David <foodiedb at optonline.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Has there any been any reason given as to why one can't use the reparo
> spell on broken wands or broken bones?
>
> Has the theory that Rita Skeeter is man, been discussed here?  I
> searched the messages best I could and didn't find anything.
>
> Has anyone brought up the idea that the one who JKR says will show
> magic later in life, might be Uncle Dursley?


Both wands and bones are organic matter, perhaps the Reparo spell is meant
for inanimate nonorganic objects?  I have no citations to offer for that,
just a theory to answer your question.

I doubt from the name or the context of the text that Rita is really a
man.   I don't remember any discussion on such, but I've only been reading
the forum for a few months.

Dursley seems to be very much a Muggle, but he also seems to be very much
aware of the wizard world and trying to protect his family from it. He knows
Harry is a wizard, powerful in his abilities.  He obviously fears Harry, but
he still took him in out of duty to his family.  You could even say he tried
to protect Harry from the wizarding world by trying to keep him out of
Hogwarts, though more likely he was trying to protect his wife and son from
the vengeance he knows is due should Harry become a powerful wizard.  He may
be a biased, unpleasant old fart, but he does seem to be a good provider and
very loyal to his family.  It wouldn't surprise me much if he does turn out
to have some negative history with the wizarding world from before the time
he met Petunia, indeed, there may be some wizarding connection that would
explain how Petunia and he ended up with each other.

I feel that he will always be a Muggle with no magic, and that Petunia will
have the sudden blossoming of power that JKR hints at.  Her hints are quite
often misleading so I could be incredibally off mark with this line of
reasoning.

caiomhino.