Magic late in life

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 161880

Carla:
> >Be very careful!! I brought up the very same thing about Vernon on 
just a "wouldn't it be funny" basis and a member of the "Book 
Gestapo" jumped all over me, quoting chapter after chapter and 
frightening everyone away from even dicussing it. ;)

Lana:
> Don't take it personally. You are entitled to view the books in any 
way that is comfortable for you. If you do not agree to something, 
then keep with your theory. You never know.. Anything is possible. 
JKR has left so many things unanswered to this point that the REAL 
truth is only speculation.  My opinion is that is very well could be 
Vernon. I think it would be a blast. He is sooo forceful that magic 
doesn't exist. Nobody gets that upset unless they are covering it up.

Ceridwen:
I think it would be funny if it was Vernon who did the magic late in 
life.  After all his bluster, how could he look himself in the mirror 
when he shaved?  *g*  More likely, how will he excuse it to Petunia 
and Dudley, and of course Harry, who would have to be there and 
witness it, or we wouldn't know?  Now, that would be a scene I'd want 
to read!

Filch is definitely a possibility.  He had that Kwickspell Course 
(sp?) that didn't work.  Maybe he did learn something from it but 
didn't have the catalyst to awaken the magic within.  Since a lot of 
fans think there will be a battle at Hogwarts, this will place Filch 
right in the line of fire, and might be the thing he needs to set the 
magic to work.

Mrs Figg is also a possibility, and a sentimental favorite for some 
fans.  Since many fans believe there will be a battle at Privet Drive 
on Harry's seventeenth birthday, she will be in place, and might, as 
in the Filch scenario above, get the boost she needs to perform magic.

JKR has shot down the idea of Dudley being the one.  What we see is 
what we get from him.  I think there was more to the shut-down of 
Petunia doing it than the interview Mike mentioned, but I'm not 
positive.

This is a subject where I like speculation, but have no favorite 
contender in the ring.  I'm happy to wait for book 7 and find out 
that way.

Ceridwen.