Timeline for Why wasn't this character an Obscurial?
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| Nov 27, 2016 at 6:33 | comment | added | user31563 | The Obscurus in Fantastic Beasts was created because there was a wizard living in an orphanage run by a puritan who wanted to hunt magical folk. That seems like a very good incentive to suppress one's magical nature, an incentive that nobody in the Potter books had. | |
| Nov 27, 2016 at 4:48 | comment | added | Xandar The Zenon | I think your answer is very good, but it seems pretty simple to me why Harry didn't become an obscurus. I don't think Harry tried to obscure his magic whatsoever. The only times magical things happened where when they benefited him, so why spoil a good thing? Besides, the way it is described, Harry didn't try one way or another to make things happen. | |
| Nov 21, 2016 at 14:42 | comment | added | Jason Baker | @Clavaat "Suppressing" seems quite clear to me, but it actually doesn't seem that unusual. Magical children obviously have their parents to explain things, but would we expect Muggle-born children to assume that they were the cause of the odd things going on around them? Some obviously could figure it out (Tom Riddle), but others (like Harry) had no idea that they were the cause | |
| Nov 19, 2016 at 20:34 | vote | accept | Clavaat | ||
| Nov 19, 2016 at 20:34 | comment | added | Clavaat | I think you're right. The qualifications for "supressing" are a bit muddy, unfortunately. I would think any kid that was frightened of their powers at a young age would do anything to prevent them from happening, so why are Obscura not more rampant? Plus, the young age is a concern, since a lot of muggle-born wizards won't learn anything about magic until 11. Thank you for the well though-out answer, though | |
| Nov 19, 2016 at 4:17 | history | edited | Jason Baker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2016 at 4:08 | history | answered | Jason Baker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |