Whats the difference between Obscurus and Obscurials? An Obscurus is a type of powerful magical parasite that forms when a wizard or witch suppresses their magical ability An Obscurial is the person whose body is a host for the Obscurus
Do the Dementor and the Obscurus have something in common? Both feed on human emotion, both are highly deadly, and both do not appear in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Do the Dementor and the Obscurus have something in common? More than meets th
Can a child wizard be cured of being an Obscurial? In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Dumbledore says that because an Obscurus grows as a dark twin and an only friend in the absence of love, if Credence has a real sibling who can take its place, then it’s possible he might be saved DUMBLEDORE That’s what they’re whispering
Why didnt Merope Gaunt turn into an Obscurus? In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, we discovered that any witch or wizard with their magical powers repressed eventually turns into an "Obscurial" In the Half Blood Prince, we learned abo
harry potter - Why wasnt this character an Obscurial? - Science . . . 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
What happens if a muggle-born wizard doesnt want to learn magic? But the Obscurus cannot control their magic I'm not sure the Muggle-wizard in the question is in the same category Both are "bottling up" their magic But a modern, grown-up magical person, not under threat of the same sort of persecution, wouldn't necessarily become an Obscurus
How did Professor Snape stop himself from becoming an Obscurus? Tobias may have been an alcoholic or drug addict, or might have been unemployed, given how he frequently abused his wife and son, lived in a slum neighbourhood and his son wore ill-fitting, dirty clothes That all being the case, what prevented Severus Snape from becoming an Obscurus?