Priori Incantatem & House Elf Magic

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 1721

Ken, 

I wonder what kind of powers Giants have that V. wants them on his 
side. Okay, okay, they're big and strong but there's probably some 
kind of curse that could stop them. 

House elves still make more sense to me to have on my side. They have 
their own brand of magic and the Ministry regulates them. The mere 
fact that the Ministry regulates them makes me suspect that House Elf 
magic is almost as powerful as or more powerful than wizarding folk 
magic, if they weren't they wouldn't be regulated, in my opinion.

Milz
--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Ken Waghorne" <waghorne at m...> 
wrote:
> I'll try to cover two topics here to reduce clutter.
> 
> Vicki Merriman wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, but I don't agree that Harry caused the "reversal."  Harry 
> > didn't actually cause the wand to regurgitate spells.  That was 
an 
> > effect of his holding his own in the fight, caused by his magical 
> > strength, perhaps, but not caused BY him.  i.e.  because the 
wands 
> > were brothers, it was tough to make them fight each other and 
that is 
> > what caused the regurgitation.  Dumbledore specifically stated 
that 
> > the reversal was a rare BUT KNOWN effect caused by the 
relationship 
> > of the wands.  It wasn't caused by harry's will at all.
> 
> But it was V's wand that regurgitated spells instead of Harry's.  I 
> think you have to give Harry some credit for that, since he did 
force 
> that ball of light (I forget the exact description, and the books 
are 
> loaned out) away from his wand and back down V's.  I have to 
> wonder what the Death Eaters thought while they were watching 
> that.  First Harry threw off the imperious curse and then that! 
> 
> milz wrote:
> > 
> > Are House Elves more powerful than the wizarding folk and that's 
> the 
> > reason why they are regulated? If they are powerful, then 
wouldn't 
> it 
> > make sense for Voldemort to try to get the House Elves on his 
> side?
> 
> My guess would be that V only sees House Elves as servants, and 
> doesn't think they could be of any possible use to him.  He does 
> seem to let quite a few things slip his mind in his quest for 
power. If 
> so, he'll be in for a shock when the HELF sends their forces over 
to 
> the good side just in the knick of time -- led by Dobby and Winky. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ken
> aka
> Hound Fan
> aka
> Boston...