Re: Magic very late in life

Toon wrote:
On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:05:12 -0500, Louis Epstein <le@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Toon <toon@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
: On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:41:50 -0500, Louis Epstein <le@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: wrote:
: :>Toon <toon@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>: On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:22:19 -0500, Drusilla
:>: <gammanormids*erasethis*@gmail.com> wrote:
:>: :>:>I didn't believe it when it was first mentioned here, but then I read a :>:>good detailed Mugglenet Editorial about it and I changed my mind. Not :>:>pleased with that, I brought the idea back so, that's my garbage can :>:>you're talking about :P
:>:>
:>:>Yes, I still think that Merope could have been the one (don't look at me :>:>in that way!): late in life could have been at 15 or 14 (she was older :>:>than that in the HBP scene, IMO) but apparently, JKR thought of some :>:>other character that she didn't use at the end.
:>:>
:>:>Soooooo... it's that hard to at least consider her as an option?
:>: :>: Yes. She's seen doing magic, therefore must by default always have
:>: done magic.
:>: :>: Nobody has to believe it's Merope. Be nice if that had a viable
:>: reason for not believing. Her doing magic isn't proof. The fact that
:>: she's poor at it, is in favor it's her.
:>
:>NOT AT ALL.
:>
:>There are plenty of people who are poor at magic.
:>It has no reflection on when they started.
:>
: But then throw in her dad's constant Squib comments, and it all starts
: to fit together.

No,grasping at two straws doesn't make it any less
grasping at straws than grasping at one.



No, but you get a better hold of it.

Why won't this thread die? NO ONE DID!
That's the end of the story. NO ONE DID.
JKR was thinking of putting something, but she changed her mind.

Let it GO.
.

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