[HPforGrownups] Re: Alohomora

[Kelly Hurt]

No: HPFGUIDX 23318

>>--- Katrina Wrote:
>>Is it just me, or is there something
>>wrong with the "Alohomora" charm.  If
>>it allows anyone to get through, why
>>even lock doors.

--- Vicki Granger wrote: 
>~I always thought that that wasn't a
>very well known charm, there's no
>mention of anyone other than Hermione
>using it that I can remember and no
>attempts to use it either. I always
>just figured that Hermione founf it in
>an obscure book at the back of the
>library and that there's more to is
>than just the spoken word...

Evidence to support this includes "They tugged and heaved at the door,
but it wouldn't budge, not even when Hermione tried _her_ Alohomora
Charm." (emphasis added). [PS/SS Chap 16, Through the Trapdoor]

Kelly the Yarn Junkie

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