[HPFGU-Movie] Re: House Elves and Unforgivable Curses

[Amanda Geist]

Nia said:

> In the book CoS, JKR has the character of Lucius Malfoy lunging for
> Harry.  Then Dobby's magic sends him backward and he crashes down
> the stairs three at a time and ends up on the landing.  "AK" is
> never uttered.  The scene in the film is a case of the filmmakers
> mucking up JKR's woderful story thread with excessive misplaced
> drama.  As of GoF, according to JKR, NOTHING can stop AK except
> apparently the protection Lily Potter gave to Harry with her own
> life. We just don't know yet and there have been no other hints in
> canon that I've seen.

I've been  meaning to point this out, too; thanks to Nia! Lucius, in this
scene, does not actually utter the entire spell, so it is not technically
true that Dobby blocks "Avada Kedavra." Dobby gets his spell off before
Lucius does, so the conclusion here would be more that Dobby is the better
dueler. I think the canon point that nothing can block AK can stand.

~Amanda