Dudder Late Magic (WAS Re: Some questions)

[Jen Reese]

Rebecca:

> Have we perhaps seen this character's magic already?  Or perhaps JKR
> tossed the concept in her writing of the books as it didn't "fit"? 
> 1999 is rather a bit ago...I'd also submit that Madame "I See The
> Future Thru My Alcoholic Haze" Trelawney might be a candidate, 
> unless someone has seen in the books where she has performed some 
> kind of magic with a wand...

Jen: I've always liked the idea of Trelawney, even better after OOTP 
when she waved her wand around uselessly during the Umbridge fight. 
However, she does at one point during OOTP wave her wand and the 
lights go out in Divination. I've tried to figure a way around that 
one and can't, esp. with no electricity in the castle (thus perhaps a 
motion sensor of some type on her wand to simulate actual magic). 

Also, while Trelawney is no doubt headed for 'desperate circumstances' 
in the last book without Dumbledore's protection, the other downside 
is Harry believes she can do magic, so there's no shock and awe there.

See I'm thinking we're all supposed to be gaping along with Harry at 
the person who performs magic later in life. For that reason Petunia 
was my first choice up until the ruination, so now I'm reading 
Talisman's arguments for Dudley with interest. He would be BIG, unlike 
Filch or Figgy, not to mention the equivocation-in-interviews issue 
again: On her website JKR said that Squibs are "non-magical people" 
and about Filch and Figgy specifically, "neither of these characters 
can perform magic." One of the interviews can't be taken at face-
value, whether it's this one or the one about Dudley OR either Filch 
or Figgy aren't really a Squib. I don't see another way around all 
these interviews unless it's someone else entirely.

Jen