TR: Feather theory - Screaming - Unforgivable

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 13455

(TR stands for TRailer, not Tom Riddle.)

Vicki wrote:

>the Feather Theory came 
>up a couple of times... but no post explaining it... what IS the 
>Feather Theory?

It's a joking jab at R/H shippers, suggesting that we are going to 
come up with a theory in which the Wingardium Leviosa scene proves Ron 
and Hermione belong together.  And we will, we will...just give us 
time!

It seems clear that there is no way to account for the screaming scene 
without a change from the book to the movie.  Bathrobes and time of 
day are unimportant to me, but a lack of Neville, if this is indeed th 
e meeting-Fluffy scene, is a shame.  

I wanted a glimpse of Neville in the trailer.  I suppose he is in the 
Charms class but I can't pick him out on my screen, and 
redmailorder.com is being updated.  Maybe in another, longer 
trailer--will we see one, or more, between now and November?  Hedwig 
or someone else who knows these things, can you tell us?

And how does one find out who scored a trailer?  Look in Variety?

Julie asked:

>So the question is, how
>would Harry be able to kill him, or anyone? It's
>pretty clear he was going to do it with his wand.

I posted a similar question awhile back, and got similar responses:  
he could throttle him with his bare hands, drop a heavy weight on him, 
stab him . . . in short, it became clear that the people on this list 
are folks you do not want to cross.

All very possible answers, but it still seems to me that Harry had 
something magical in mind and that while he might not actually 
be capable of killing someone with any curse he knows, Sirius thought 
it was possible.  Crookshanks is in between Harry's wand and Sirius's 
heart, which means, Harry reflects, that Harry would have to kill him 
too; this wouldn't make sense if Harry were just going to strangle him 
(though it would if he were going to drop the chest of drawers on him 
<g>).  And clearly, Harry now has the upper hand because, and only 
because, he has a wand and Sirius doesn't.

I think there must be curses besides AK that directly kill someone.  
(Another listie suggested turning someone's aorta to tissue 
paper--yikes.)  They must qualify as Unforgivable also, unless they 
are easier to block than AK and therefore less dangerous.  ??

Julie:

> wouldn't Voldemort get bored and tired of the same three curses
> over and over again? <snip> I can see how the Imperius curse would
> amuse him for awhile....but the Cruciatus curse?

I look at it this way: the man is a sadist.  He gets a charge out of 
seeing people in pain, just as he gets a charge from feeling his power 
over them.  We see it clearly in the way the 16-year-old Riddle talks 
about Ginny.  I'm sure he does enjoy elaborate plots and the many 
spells that are at his fingertips, but I doubt he ever finds Cruciatus 
boring.

Amy Z

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"And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school 
song!" cried Dumbledore.  Harry noticed that the other 
teachers' smiles had become rather fixed.
                     -HP and the Philosopher's Stone
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