Who came to magic late in life?

[esmith222002]

No: HPFGUIDX 172693

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma" 
<k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
>
> >> Eddie
> >> Who came to magic late in life?  Did I miss it?
> 
> 
> dkewpie:
> > A few of us stressed many times on this list that person is 
Merope.
> > For some reason that seems to be so hard to believe for a lot 
people and I 
> > still don't understand why.
> > It just seems so obvious to me when JKR mention that prior the 
release of 
> > HBP in the interview she's referring to Merope.
> >
> > Just please, I hope no one is wasting time asking her that again 
in the 
> > upcoming live chat...that'll be such a wasted question which 
could have 
> > been other more interseting question.
> >
> > It's MEROPE, people just accept that and leave it at that!
> >
> > Jo
> 
> 
> Shelley:
> No, I won't! I'm sorry- I've seen this question asked on so many 
lists- 
> hundreds of times already since DH came out- not just this one, but 
also on 
> Mugglenet and others, that it's pretty clear to me that a LOT of 
people 
> expected her to answer that question in Book 7. If a lot of the 
fandom has 
> that same question, then it would be a perfect question to ask in 
the live, 
> upcoming chat, because it really is common question.
> 
> You are the first person I've ever heard say Merope. That doesn't 
even fit 
> canon- we never see a time when she doesn't use magic, and then is 
later 
> able to. We see Dumbledore saying "she wasn't at her best" when her 
dad was 
> bossing her around every 5 seconds, belittling her in every way, 
but once he 
> lands in jail, she is free to "be herself" and relax, and it's then 
that she 
> shows her true abilities. That isn't anywhere near "learning to use 
magic 
> LATE in life".
> 
Brothergib now:
It is possible that it is Merope. She was regarded as a squib, and 
only really managed to perform any magic after her father was taken 
from her. However, I seem to remember the quote from JKR stated that 
someone would perform magic late in life under desperate 
circumstances. I always assumed it would be Filch whilst Hogwarts was 
under attack. Anyway, if it wasn't Merope, I think JKR simply forgot 
to add this to the story