spells: hard not to think like a Muggle

[foxmoth at qnet.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24557

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., prefectmarcus at y... wrote:
> > 
> > I agree with nearly all you post.  However, I do disagree with this:
> > 
> > > It also means that Hermione 
> > > can create a spell on the spot 
> > 
> > Steve, this is Hermione we're talking about.  You are likely 
> correct 
> > in that third years probably don't study it.  It also is unlikely 
> > that first years learn "Alohomora" before Halloween, but we find 
> her 
> > knowing it.  She's the class swot, remember?
> > 
> 
> Granted, but I still don't believe that she learned a spell that 
> moves a tree. That isn't even a logical spell to have.

	You're forgetting something. That spell is *famous*  in magical 
history...what else could have  moved Birnam wood to Dunsinane hill? 
It's only in our Muggle version of things, courtesy of William 
Shakespeare and "MacBeth", that 'twas done by chicanery and the actual 
trees didn't move at all.
	What's odd is that Hermione insists that jinxes need eye-contact, 
but other similar spells, such as accio and stupefy, don't. And 
incidentally, if the MOM wizards stood in a circle to cast Stupefy in 
GoF, and Harry was in the middle of the circle and had to duck to avoid 
being hit, how did the wizards avoid stunning each other?
	No doubt it all makes sense to wizards, but is incomprehensible to 
the Muggle mind.
	
Pippin