[HPforGrownups] Rosmerta

[dracojadon at yahoo.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 171619

> montims:
>
> OK - I have finished rereading HBP, and was struck by the fact that  
> towards
> the end of the book, when they see the Dark Mark over Hogwarts and  
> DD asks
> Rosmerta if they could borrow a couple of brooms, she makes as if  
> to run in
> to get them.  DD says no need, and Harry accio's them.
>
> So my conclusion and prediction is that Rosmerta is a squib, and  
> she's the
> one who performs magic late in life.

Jadon:

If she were a squib, would she have been able to curse Katie, even  
under Imperius herself? It's possible that she is muggle-born, and,  
like Hermione in PS, thinks in a muggle sort of way when flustered,  
or that she simply never learnt accio properly - Harry only masters  
it in GoF after special coaching by Hermione and under threat of a  
dragon. (Otherwise, I like your theory.)