A Deathly Hollows Question - contains Spoilers?

Question

I quote Mugglnet.com :

JKR has said "There is a character who does manage, in desperate circumstances, to do magic quite late in life, but that is very rare..."

I've read Deathly Hollows, but didn't see that happen. What on earth? Did I skip over that unknowingly, or is it not there?
Sorry if I sound silly for asking, but I've been very curious about who it was.

Answer 1

Yeah, I know. It's bugging me as well. My theory was Dudley being magical, but we can't know now...heyy...unless it was him being nice to Harry. Now that's magical...lol

And, the last word was thought to be "scar" but it also said on MuggleNet that it could change.

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Answer 2

If she put this "non-magical character who did magic under desperate circumstances late in life" in the story at all, then I think it would have to be Stan Shunpike.

Stan sure looked and acted like a squib on the KnightBus in Book 3-- he never used magic, lifted trunks and so forth by hand, made hot chocolate and carried it in by hand, and so forth.

Then he was overheard bragging to his friends in the pub that he knew Death Eater plans, and someone reported him to the Ministry after which he was put in Azkaban. (Book 6)

Next thing he knows, he is released from Azkaban by Death Eaters who are part of a Nazi-like "clean up the magic race blood impurities" crusade. If they find out he is just a Squib, what will happen to him? Do they kill Squibs? I would think they might be sorely tempted, and that he would be very scared to be around them, knowing that he can't do any more magic than a Muggle.

I am thinking that this might have been the exceptional circumstance that triggered some magic out of him. And maybe being put under an Imperius Curse got a bit more Magic out him? Enough to fly a broom ?

This is just my speculation, though. I'm sure that JKR will give us a definitive answer to this burning fan question soon.

Answer 3

There are a lot of things that JK Rowling said she'd do that she didn't... For example, she said the final word in the book would be "scar." Well, it was "all is well."

Yeah, I read the book too and have no idea what she's talking about. I mean, there's Neville who had trouble with magic, but he was young and performed successful spells way before this book...

And then there's Filch, who I never saw doing any magic.. But he's a viable candidate..

Maybe she intended Mrs. Dursley to be a witch after all.... ?? I have no idea.

Fenrir Grayback? He did magic, but it was never assumed he couldn't . . .

I don't think it was actually in the book.


... Somebody else mentioned that Dudley Dursley learned to love harry . . . And that in itself is magic, fitting with the theme of the book.

Answer 4

Hagrid actually does magic right through all 7 of the books. But i have no idea who that person is and i only finished 7 half an hour ago!!

Answer 5

1. Mad-Eye's death hit me pretty hard (so early in the book!) but Dobby and Fred were the saddest deaths I felt. Also when Ron and Harry got into the huge fight and Ron decided to leave. I felt terrible for all of the trio. Also Snape's death was heartbreaking (especially after Harry's gets the memories). 2. I also thought Fred reprimanding George for the "holey" joke was hilarious. When everyone had taken the poly-juice potion and everyone was picking on Harry (also Fred and George were brilliant there as well). I also laughed out loud when, during the epilogue, Ron tells everyone that everyone is staring at him because he is so wildly famous. I love the Weasleys! 3. Most shocking moment was when Ron came back. I expected him to come back, but not in such a flashy way. Absolutely bawled when he came back too! Also I was shocked and had to reread about Tonks and Lupin being killed because I was reading so fast (and the mention of their deaths was so fast) that I passed over it. I read it in a later chapter and had to go back to find it. 4. When Neville stood up for himself at school and when his grandmother acted so proud of him. I was also very happy when Lupin told everyone the news of his son and asked Harry to be the godfather. But of course, the happiest moment for me was when Hermoine and Ron FINALLY kissed (been waiting for how many years for that??)

Answer 6

This has been popping up lately...

The only person I can think of is Hagrid, because he isn't really supposed to do magic, but does throughout books 6 and 7 when he absolutely must. Remember his pink umbrella?

Hope this helps!

Answer 7

i finished the book last night and i didn't see anything like this. i'm going to keep watching your question to see what the answer is! and its not Hagrid as he has always been able to do magic.

Answer 8

i think it's crabbe .i know wat u ppl r thinkin he's a wizard .but if u read da books u'll see dat he is supposed to b dumb and he is not able to do any spell but in dh v see him perform almost all of the unforgivebles and he also puts the cursed fire and just after dat he dies so maybe he was the charecter who manages to do magic in order to kill harry but i dunno it's jus a hunch

Answer 9

nope no in there.