[HPFGU-Movie]wandless magic (+ midichlorians)

[Diana]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:
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Diana L. wrote:
 And of course, Harry's 
> midichlorian count is off the charts!  Ooops, wrong movie.... <g>
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Lynda responded:
> I was just watching Sorceror's Stone last night and Quirrel used 
wandless 
> magic to force Harry to come stand in front of the Mirror of 
Erised.  Quirrel 
> also "flies" twice in the film, once in the forest when he's 
drinking unicorn 
> blood, and in the chamber when he attacks Harry (interesting that 
he could 
> strangle Harry, but couldn't stand the feel of Harry's hands -- 
the protection is 
> just in his HANDS??  Odd and illogical, but I'll take it 
anyway. . .)
> 
> Midichlorian count??  Whassat????  (I realize it's not HP, but you 
DID bring 
> it up and now you have me curious!)
 

Diana L. again:

I had forgotten Quirrel's use of wandless magic in SS/PS, but, then 
wandless magic is shown much more often in the movies than in the 
books.  I believe the movie goofed up by having Quirrel only get 
burned by Harry's hands as it was all of Harry's skin that scalded 
Quirrel in the book, not just his hands.   

Midichlorian count is from the Star Wars saga.  In "Star Wars, 
Episode One: The Phantom Menace", little Anakin Skywalker (later to 
become the evil Darth Vader) is found to have an off-the-charts 
midichlorian count, which indicates he is very Force sensitive and 
very powerful in his use of the Force.  Midichlorians were described 
as sub-microscopic life forms that resided within the cells of 
living creatures.  The lifeforms acted as a sort of liasion between 
the Force and the creature they lived within, allowing that person 
to interpret the will of and to maniuplate the power of the Force.

Harry Potter is very powerful, so his midichlorian count could 
probably give Anakin Skywalker a run for his money.  <g>

I'd like to add one more point I'd left out of my earlier post.  
Part of Harry's power came from Voldemort.  I'd just reread OotP and 
Dumbledore tells Harry at the end that Voldemort gave him some of 
his powers (definite statement in OotP instead of vague 
*speculation* as in Cos) when Voldemort tried to kill Harry when he 
was a baby.  So, not only did Harry inherit power from both parents, 
he got some zapped into by Voldemort as well.  

Diana L.