I've always wondered about what really makes one a wizard ... people say they're "fully qualified" wizards/witches on more than one occasion in the books, and I've always taken that to mean someone who's finished Hogwarts. But what about those that haven't? If we go by Hagrid's statement in PS/SS, Harry's already a wizard, not having been to Hogwarts for even a day yet. And he'll be an even better wizard once he's been "trained up a bit."
Hagrid can do magic, he's just not supposed to; and he attended Hogwarts, though he was expelled. Then there's other minor characters. Tom (I think?), the innkeeper at the Leaky Cauldron, seems to be able to do magic. And there's house elves, who no one claims are wizards, but can do magic just the same. It seeems to be more of a blood thing (imagine that!) than ability. Hagrid could be a wizard, I guess, because he has one wizard parent. A house elf could not, nor could anything classified as a "magical creature", sentient or not. Also, Fleur Delacour is most definitely a witch, but I don't guess a full-blooded veela would be considered one.
I wonder if house elves, or Goblins would be sent to Azkaban for a crime that would land a wizard there... Or how about a Muggle who, say, killed a wizard? Hm...something for me to ponder while spending a weekend in the woods:-)
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Date: 2004-05-21 06:44 pm (UTC)Hagrid can do magic, he's just not supposed to; and he attended Hogwarts, though he was expelled. Then there's other minor characters. Tom (I think?), the innkeeper at the Leaky Cauldron, seems to be able to do magic. And there's house elves, who no one claims are wizards, but can do magic just the same. It seeems to be more of a blood thing (imagine that!) than ability. Hagrid could be a wizard, I guess, because he has one wizard parent. A house elf could not, nor could anything classified as a "magical creature", sentient or not. Also, Fleur Delacour is most definitely a witch, but I don't guess a full-blooded veela would be considered one.
I wonder if house elves, or Goblins would be sent to Azkaban for a crime that would land a wizard there... Or how about a Muggle who, say, killed a wizard? Hm...something for me to ponder while spending a weekend in the woods:-)