How old was Luna when her mother Pandora died in that accident?

 

I think she was 3?
And Pandora?

 

"Pandora" Is Luna's mother. JKR confirmed her name on Pottermore.

 

Checked Order of the Phoenix. Luna says she was nine when her mother died. This means it must have happened in 1990, a year before Harry went to Hogwarts.

 

Here is an interesting thought. In book one Vernon Dursley tries to stop Harry from going to Hogwarts, but according to Hagrid "A great muggle like you won't stop him." Which begs the question. What if a muggle born's family told Hogwarts that their child won't be going? Vernon and petunia where Harry's legal guardians and couldn't stop Harry from being taken to the WW. Would the magical world take the children by force or simply adjust the memories to make everyone agree? After all the Statute of Secrecy must be upheld.

 

I'm sure the opinions of some muggle parents doesn't matter in the least to the Ministry.

 

Accidental magic could be dangerous

 

I'm pretty sure there is no cumpulsary law, but who doesn't want to learn magic? That would be stupid. Especially with no mentioned or implied tution fees, and the ability of those who can't afford it to get shiny new wands and at least used textbooks for free.
Accidental magic doesn't go away as you lean magic, it goes away as you age.

 

Remember these kids are 11 years old. Whatever they want doesn't matter it's up to their parent whether or not they go.
Besides look at it from a parents point of view. Some adult says this is what magic looks like. We are going to take your child for 11 months out of the year. You can only enter Diagon Ally if you are with your child other than that you can't view the school and can only contact us via a magical owl. How would you feel about letting them go.

 

Um, no. From Deathly Hallows "Fallen Warrior," comes this quote, starting with Harry speaking:

I'm not arguing that Harry did accidental magic, but rather, that Mr. Weasley was arguing that accidental magic is more of a sliding scale, and as a person gets control of their magic while being trained, they stop having accidents. As adults, it still happens, but it happens within a controlled environment—already trying to do magic in a stressful situation, and you greatly exceed what you were attempting.

 

It probably also has something to to with being in better control of your emotions as you mature.

 

So its just like boarding school only it teaches them magic. Magic. Who's going to learn that magic is real and go "meh, too much effort"?

 

How many Death Eaters avoided being sent to Azkaban by using the "I was Imperiused" excuse? Well, that and a lot of bribery I imagine.

 

Nope, word of god is canon by definition. It may be conflicting nonsensical canon, but it is canon. In this case, the name pandora is perfectly fine, and I have no idea why anyone would reject it just because it comes from pottermore.

 

Canon is, by definition, what the mortals trying to understand God have chosen to name as official. It officially ignores anything God says that can't be traced back to a reputable and official source for God's word.

Or to put it another way, sometimes Word of God just confuses things, so we ignore the apocrypha that conflict with our interpretation.

That said, I like Pandora more than Selene.

 

The author is dead once the final book is published.

She also temporarily dies in-between published works.

 

Pottermore is fully canon.

The entire concept of "Death of the Author" is laughable.

Word of God is final and is the Gospel of Truth.

"Merlin was totes in Slytherin" - Rowling 2:11

"She be called Pandora" - Rowling 1:17

"Started from the bottom now we're here" - Drake 3:4

 

Because the author is the inventor of that work of fiction and by definition his word regarding said is superior.

If Rowling wanted, she could have written seven more books, including all the information from Pottermore. But then again, I get the feeling you would have deemed these new books non-canon as well due to some bullshit theory because it didn't match the fanon you came up with.

Also, tvtropes? lol, nice joke.