The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers

At what age does Talent usually manifest?

(1/3) > >>

Ed0517:
Maggie is... 10? 12? now. She's going thru puberty, most like. ( or do wizards, with longer lifespans, have that changed as well?). Seems like a likely time to start to show signs, plus Dad and Grandpa are SERIOUS heavyweights. I realize Molly was later, but Austin in Zoo Day was likely younger, and Molly's mom was a minor talent who had mostly stepped away from magic. Maybe Maggie can't DO much, but just see a sign it is coming?

g33k:

--- Quote from: Ed0517 on April 10, 2022, 07:14:28 AM ---Maggie is... 10? 12? now. She's going thru puberty, most like. ( or do wizards, with longer lifespans, have that changed as well?). Seems like a likely time to start to show signs, plus Dad and Grandpa are SERIOUS heavyweights. I realize Molly was later, but Austin in Zoo Day was likely younger, and Molly's mom was a minor talent who had mostly stepped away from magic. Maybe Maggie can't DO much, but just see a sign it is coming?
--- End quote ---

Usually at puberty, yes.

But that age varies, person to person; anywhere between 8-13 is considered a "normal" age for girls in the USA (9-14 for boys).

Puberty itself then lasts 2-5 years, and I'd expect powers to manifest nearer the middle or end of puberty, than at the beginning.

HOWEVER: it's very possible Maggie won't have any powers at all:  in the Dresdenverse, "salic law" suggests it (mostly) follows the maternal line, and Susan hadn't the slightest bit of magical talent.

On the gripping hand:  none of that really matters.  Maggie will (or won't) show powers according to Jim Butcher's plan for her and Harry; as for when?  Whenever it's most-inconvenient to her dad, of course!

 ;D

Mira:

  I think Harry was eleven when his talents made themselves known, but Molly may have been closer to fourteen. We were never told at what age Margaret's talent became known.  In the case of Charity it is hard to say whether or not she was a minor talent. Actually I'd say not, because according to her, she herself was headed down the same warlock road as her daughter.  Only being almost eaten by a dragon and saved from that dragon by Michael saved her from that fate.

  In the case of Maggie it is hard to tell, in years she should be going through the beginnings of puberty, but the way she is described, she seems closer to seven or eight.  Now that might be because her father still sees her as a very little girl.  She appears very intelligent, but the trauma she experienced at that age may have arrested her physical and emotional development.   

g33k:

--- Quote from: Mira on April 10, 2022, 10:29:05 AM ---... Actually I'd say not, because according to her, she herself was headed down the same warlock road as her daughter ...
--- End quote ---
Charity explicitly says she had only a very weak talent; that may or may not have been accurate, for various reasons.

But we know her "coven-master" at the time was also pretty minor, but becoming more powerful by making deals & by performing blood-magic sacrifices; having been part of (some of) his rituals, she probably had a good idea how to pursue that same path to power, even if her own inherent talent was small.

Conspiracy Theorist:
Isn’t there a WOJ that we haven’t found out the full extent of the Leansidhe’s bargain with Margaret and when Harry does he wants to kill Lea?

Lea has a penchant for first born children, so the one thing to make Harry consider killing he involves Maggie. What if Margaret traded the first female issue of her line for Harry’s protection?

What if Lea wants Maggie to become a new Leansidhe? She is never destined to be a wizard?

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page