Comment author: palladias 18 July 2013 04:08:49AM 8 points [-]

Or maybe find a worthy Muggleborn in a country that didn't identify Muggleborn children, and tell them some extensive lies, fake up a surrounding story and corresponding evidence, so that, from the very beginning, they'd have a different idea of what magic could do.

Pretty sure this is Jean-Jacques Rousseau's strategy in Emile. Albeit for social-sexual development, instead of magic.

Comment author: mira 21 July 2013 05:02:35AM 1 point [-]

Harry fits many of those attributes. Quirrelmort could have set this whole situation up to enable Harry to create new spells, and/or defeat death.

Comment author: mira 12 June 2013 11:34:30PM 0 points [-]

Hi, I'm visiting Australia for the weekend. I'm not so enthusiastic about the drinking but the rational conversation sounds great. Is it ok if I drop by?