Voldemort's Intentions & Snape's Expectations

[e2fanbev]

No: HPFGUIDX 189814



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Shelley <k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
> About the flying without a broom idea- watch the progress made in 
> sports. Often, there is a standard like the 4 minute mile that is 
> considered a limitation, until someone breaks it. Then, everyone is 
> shooting for that new level or skill, because it's been "proven" to be 
> possible. It's people's minds that hold them back, and I wouldn't be 
> surprised to see the following year a handful of Hogwarts children doing 
> this stunt, as if it were possible all along. Adults are shocked by it, 
> but the kids would just accept that it IS POSSIBLE, and therefore, they 
> just need to figure out how to do it too!
>



Bev:

A long time ago I posted the suggestion that Lily had the ability to fly without a broom. In the playground scene when she first meets young Snape she is demonstrating for Petunia her ability to keep herself airborne- without a wand- and land gently. I was told rather dismissively that I was reading too much into "baby magic." Well, any talent whether magical or not has to start somewhere. I still believe Lily had a natural ability to do it. Think of what she could have done with a wand. Why else would JKR mention it in the same story where two others demonstrate the abilty?

Going back to lurkdom,
Bev