In the cold spring of 1926, the pregnant Merope Gaunt huddled on the street corner in despair and met Phoebe Baldwin who came to buy a new hat.
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Lily essay, short story.
A short story about the time-traveling heroine Merope.
Merope chases the heroine~
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If you can't accept some extreme and morbid feelings, please click X!
After all, Merope is also from the Gaunt family. Judging from what she did in the original book, she is a proper Slytherin, so there will be some, uh, operations, which may not be very... Ahem!
Our little Tom will change his name in the future~
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Will be compiled again on 8/10
In the article, calling Merope a Squib is just an act of humiliation by Marvolo and Morfin, and it does not mean that she is really a Squib.
The evidence for my theory that she is not a squib is as follows:
1. In the original fragment, although the magic failed, given that she did not enroll in Hogwarts (it is most likely that Marvolo upheld the pure-blood honor of the Gaunt family and refused to go along with Hogwarts mixed with impure blood, so he refused the child's admission), so the failure of the magic is excusable, and it can also show that she has a certain amount of magic.
"'Pick it up!' Gaunt yelled at her. 'Why, get down on the ground and look for it like a dirty Muggle? What's your wand for, you worthless piece of shit?'
'Mr. Gunter, please don't do this! ' Ogden said in a surprised tone. At this time, Merope had already picked up the jar, but suddenly, her face turned red and white. As soon as her hand loosened, the jar fell to the ground again. She gingerly took out her wand from her pocket, pointed at the jar, and whispered a spell in a panic. The jar flew out from under her feet and hit the ground, hitting the opposite wall and breaking in half. "——Chapter 10 Gaunt House, J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
2. Boil the love potion.
The following paragraph is only my personal speculation, not the original setting:
Merope was eloping with Tom. The time was very urgent and she might not have sufficient funds at her disposal. Therefore, in order to save money, she was unlikely to directly purchase the finished love potion after arriving in London. From this point of view, she has at least maintained the potion brewing for a long time, and brewing the potion requires at least the participation of a wizard. Since the original work did not mention whether Filch survived the potion, I am not sure whether the squib can brew the potion, so I set it here as the potion must have at least stable magic power to react.
3. In the original fragment, Lao Deng recognized that she had magical powers, and despair greatly weakened her power.
"'But she can do magic!' Said Harry impatiently. 'She can get food and everything for herself through magic, can't she?'
'Well,' said Dumbledore, 'perhaps she can. But I think—and I'm speculating again, but I believe I'm right—I think Merope stopped using magic after her husband abandoned her. She probably doesn't want to be a witch anymore. Of course, there is also the possibility that her unrequited love and the despair it brought greatly weakened her. Things like that happen. Anyway, as you'll see later, Merope won't even raise his wand to save his own life. '"——Chapter 13 The Mysterious Riddle, J. K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
To sum up the above, I prefer that Merope is a witch whose magic power has been suppressed by her father and brother's suppression. Maybe her magic power is not strong, or maybe she has strong magic power, but the years of heavy pressure have brought her lack of confidence. Fortunately, she has not become Obscurus.
These are just my speculations. I want to emphasize again that they are not the official setting of beating to death (re-reading). If some readers think that Merope is a squib or that her magic power is not strong, it doesn't matter. This is a personal opinion, please feel free (...). But in this article I will take my guesswork.
Thanks to two lovely readers for asking questions, I finally have time to add them~
Motto: Love is the greatest power
Reader comments
Finished, scattering flowers? But it's not very satisfying to watch. I feel like some parts were not explained properly and the ending ended a little too early.
It turns out it's been updated here! ! !
I feel like it's okay if I keep chasing one person around here?
Finished, scattering flowers? But it's not very satisfying to watch. I feel like some parts were not explained properly and the ending ended a little too early.
It turns out it's been updated here! ! !
I feel like it's okay if I keep chasing one person around here?