Dudder Late Magic (WAS Re: Some questions)

[Talisman]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
>Jen
>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.

Talisman: sitting in a dimly lit room thinking about life in a 
bloody police state because she has a sinus headache and doesn't 
feel like showing ID and signing a meth-lab suspect sheet in order 
to get a box of frigging Sudafed.

I appreciate you, and Rebecca,  weighing in on the squib / Trelawney 
subject.  As I sat around waiting for this Pseudoephedrine free! 
crap to kick in (which it didn't) I realized the error of my hasty 
(one-eye closed) reading of the late-bloomer paragraph, i.e. the way 
it's worded "no" can simply mean no "students in the school" who 
came into their magic as adults.   So, actually, as long as the late-
bloomer never is or was a student at Hogwarts, they could still come 
into magic as an adult.  

Stupid questioner added too many qualifications.

I  really need to go to bed, not look up cites that disqualify adult 
squibs, so thanks very much for covering that for me. : )

There really is a very short list of meaningful heretofore non-
magical characters to draw from.  

I still think it ought to be someone who hasn't yet come of age.  
Dudley is still growing (blooming) Filch and Figg are rather 
shriveled on the vine. 

Moreover, she has made the comments about redemption and surprises, 
in reference to Dudley, and I do expect to see how he reacts during 
an attack on No. 4.

Altogether I think he is the best bet.

Talisman, reminding you that Rowling Obviously Lies Like An 
Inveterate Dumbledore (R.O.L.L.A.I.D.).