There are a few. The unlikeliest is that there is something wrong with the roll book. If there is a possibility that the book has failed to detect all magical births in the realm, then it must be investigated as soon as possible.
A highly improbable option is that someone has been tampering with the book - you will understand this is remote owing to the rigourous standards we have placed within and around the school to protect it and its students from the hands of traitors. But it is, nonetheless, something that must be considered.
The simplest reason, however, is the most unpleasant for anyone to consider: The brat may merely be a Squib, and therefore ineligible to attend Hogwarts. It is this possibility that seems most plausible; and yet the other avenues ought to be ruled out before one determines the answer definitively.
Though it bears remarking that it would not be terribly surprising, should it turn out to be the case. I understand that your Mr Longbottom was extremely slow to display his own magical ability; as for his stock, I can attest that Frank Longbottom tended to lead with brute physical force rather than the finesse of his wand - and that is usually a sign of magical inferiority.
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Date: 2010-06-21 04:13 pm (UTC)There are a few. The unlikeliest is that there is something wrong with the roll book. If there is a possibility that the book has failed to detect all magical births in the realm, then it must be investigated as soon as possible.
A highly improbable option is that someone has been tampering with the book - you will understand this is remote owing to the rigourous standards we have placed within and around the school to protect it and its students from the hands of traitors. But it is, nonetheless, something that must be considered.
The simplest reason, however, is the most unpleasant for anyone to consider: The brat may merely be a Squib, and therefore ineligible to attend Hogwarts. It is this possibility that seems most plausible; and yet the other avenues ought to be ruled out before one determines the answer definitively.
Though it bears remarking that it would not be terribly surprising, should it turn out to be the case. I understand that your Mr Longbottom was extremely slow to display his own magical ability; as for his stock, I can attest that Frank Longbottom tended to lead with brute physical force rather than the finesse of his wand - and that is usually a sign of magical inferiority.
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