Avada Kedavra

[Sam Brown]

No: HPFGUIDX 22568

Keith wrote:
> Mightn't it be possible to hold back the Killing Curse by casting 
one of your own so that they cancelled each other out?

It *is* possible, and it doesn't even have to be the same curse - at 
the end of GoF, Voldemort goes to use AK on Harry, who counters by 
using the disarming spell. You could always argue that this was due 
to the Priori Incantatum (sp?) effect, though. 

Gwyneth wrote:
> So we know the Avada Kedavra curse is big-time scary, THE 
unforgivable curse.  So what's the curse shrimpy little Peter 
Pettigrew used to blow apart the whole street?

IMO, the Unforgiveable Curses aren't unforgiveable because they're 
the most powerful. They obviously *aren't* the most powerful curses 
if there are other curses which can blow up streets, and the Potters' 
house. Perhaps they're called the Unforgiveable Curses because 
they're the ultimate acts of cruelty against fellow human beings. 
These curses cause terrible pain, strip people of their free will, 
and steal life. That, to me, is quite as unforgiveable thing to do.

Just another point: Can Harry be killed with Avada Kedavra? This is 
something I've been pondering quite recently. The Avada Kedavra curse 
is only ever used once on a person, for obvious reasons. But Harry 
survived it - perhaps Avada Kedavra can only be used on a person 
once, and, because it's only ever meant to be used once, it won't 
work on a person a second time. Am I making sense? Because Harry has 
survived it once already, he's immune to it. This would also make 
Voldemort immune to it as well. What does everyone else think about 
this?

> Sam