GoF CH 7-9 Post DH look

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 181785

> Alla:
> 
> So, when is the appropriate age to have your first wand, what do 
> you think? I mean I know that it is eleven, but why can't say nine 
> or ten year old get one?

Mike:
Fred and George were what, 7 years old, when they tried to con Ron 
into taking an Unbreakable Vow. That requires a wand, so they must 
have had one or Fred's left buttock wouldn't have been in danger. I 
think a lot of younger wizards borrow an older siblings wand to test 
their magic. I'll bet it's actually encouraged more than than 
discouraged, even by parents. That "Reasonable Restriction for 
Underage Magic", I don't find that reasonable, and I'll bet many 
parents don't find it that reasonable either.



> Alla:
> Does it mean that uncontrollable magic at that age is still so
> very strong and suddenly gets better at eleven? Or is it simply
> because they are starting Hogwarts at that age?

Mike:
HA! Harry blew up his Aunt Marge with uncontrolled magic at 13. Nope, 
I think magic takes a while to control. And some don't ever learn to 
control it that well. I'm thinking of someone like Stan here.



> Alla:
> 
> Okay, I am just wondering upon reread whether Bagman's brain is 
> just that small. His colleague had been missing for months, is he 
> seriously thinking that she is lost?

Mike:
And Goddlefrood thought he really was a Death Eater. Not tthat it 
takes a lot of smarts to be a DE. But the fact that he isn't at the 
top of the food chain is logical enough reason to get why he got 
suckered by Rookwood. Oops, too soon. Sorry, Alla, I'll wait for that 
chapter. ;)



> "His mother was blonde too; tall and slim, she would have been
> nice looking if she hadn't been wearing a look that suggested
> there was a nasty smell under her nose" - p.101

Mike:
All you ladies have your bad boy Snape, this is where us guys got our 
wicked guilty pleasure. That Lucius, he's a lucky guy. I bet her nose 
doesn't crinkle like that behind closed doors.