Broomsticks And Owls

by **Jotomicron** » Monday 2 February 2004 6:02:01pm

I just thought something. Do you remeber that, before Hogwarts, Harry used to do magic when he was in a bad situation (the boa, the hair growth, ... ). Could Petunia live to see Dudley in great danger, or someone else, and so she manages to do some sort of spell?

by **Athena Appleton** » Monday 2 February 2004 6:29:43pm

yegzackly! (say it out loud and it'll make sense) :grin:

by **Violet** » Monday 2 February 2004 6:38:46pm

maybe, but i'm sure that she's been in a situation in her life before where she would feel strongly enough about something to inadvertently do some magic to change it.
i dont think that it would have taken this long to come out.

by **Jotomicron** » Monday 2 February 2004 6:40:47pm

Athena Appleton wrote:yegzackly! (say it out loud and it'll make sense)

LOL....

Now, seriously... There is much more to know about Petunia. Askaban?? She wouldn't even remember they had their own prision, if she hadn't any contact with some wizard... let's say... for instance, DD...

by **Athena Appleton** » Monday 2 February 2004 6:57:04pm

*sigh* look, Harry only did magic when under EXTREME stress... If magic is a dormant (not prominent) trait in Petunia, it wouldn't have come up every little time she got upset. Besides, Petunia is very into not showing too much emotion at all, so she would have buried the little bit of magic that might be in her a long time ago.

According to J.K. Rowling, someone unexpected will do magic... so it seems to be kind of pointless saying "they would have done magic when......" every time, doesn't it?

by **Violet** » Monday 2 February 2004 7:05:31pm

i guess i just find it difficult to see that she would start to do magic so late in life.
unless she has done it before but did not want to admit to it, and for some reason now she feels that there is good enough reason to put her feeling aside about magic aside and face up to the fact that she's a witch...

by **Broccoli** » Tuesday 3 February 2004 4:59:10pm

I think it is Mark Evans. He can't be a wizard now, otherwise the ministry would have known - and as we learned during the hearing, Harry was the only wizard in town. On the other side, there must be a connection between Mark and Lily, so I wouldn't be surprised if he did magic one day.

by **Jotomicron** » Tuesday 3 February 2004 6:10:57pm

That's certainly another possibility.

But I do think that Mark will manage to do magic earlier in his life. I mean, JKR seems to introduce every character she mentions. If Mark will have a major role in the plot, he will certainly belong to the wizarding world, and therefore be a wizard...

I still think it is Petunia.

by **Meg Boyd** » Monday 9 February 2004 1:46:48am

my opinion is that Petunia will be the magical squib, as i believe her parents (or just parent) were squibs, making Lily the rare witch but coming from a long line of undocumented squibs (although with magical blood) making her to appear as a muggle-born. So perhaps Petunia has powers too, and they just took longer to show.

by **Athena Appleton** » Monday 9 February 2004 2:41:16am

once again: yegzackly! That's what I've been tryin to say...

by **Aberforth** » Tuesday 17 February 2004 6:15:58pm

The way the Petunia says that her parents were so proud to have a witch in the family has always made me think there was something more to it. It almost seems like her parents knew of the existence of witches and wizards before Lily went to Hogwarts.

I must have missed the Mark Evans reference, but I do like the suggestions that he will appear again. JK mentions people and they generally turn up in a later book - Sirius is heard of in PS and appears in PoA, the Lovegoods are mentioned in GoF (they live near the Weasleys) and Loony turns up in OotP.

By this rationale, Mark Evans could appear in 6/7, as could Aberforth. Aberforth has been mentioned in 2 books now (4 and 5 I think), so he must make his appearance in 6.

by **Nobby** » Tuesday 17 February 2004 7:09:41pm

i reckon it'll be dudley. then all the dursleys will repsect harry a bit more

by **Jotomicron** » Tuesday 17 February 2004 7:39:49pm

Aberforth wrote:Sirius is heard of in PS and appears in PoA, the Lovegoods are mentioned in GoF (they live near the Weasleys) and Loony turns up in OotP.

I completely overstepped this two references... where can I find them?

by **Athena Appleton** » Tuesday 17 February 2004 8:11:46pm

Jotomicron wrote:I completely overstepped this two references... where can I find them?

Sirius is mentioned in the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone, when Hagrid mentions that he used Sirius's moterbike to deliver baby Harry to Privet Drive.

The Lovegoods are mentioned in Goblet of Fire when the Weasleys and the Diggorys are about to catch the portkey. Arthur and Amos are talking about if they should expect anyone else, and I think they say the Lovegoods couldn't get tickets.

by **Jotomicron** » Tuesday 17 February 2004 8:16:06pm

Thx... I remember now...

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