Some mistakes in book1???

[Laura]

No: HPFGUIDX 47847

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Maria Kirilenko <maria_kirilenko at y...> 
wrote:

MARIA said:
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2. During the Gryffindor/Slytherin Quidditch match Lee Jordan says a 
Bludger hit Katie Bell (or one of the other Chasers, don't remember)
on the back of the head. She's probably have a concussion - since 
Bludgers apparently hit with a strong enough force to break an arm.
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bboy_mn responds:
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If it hit her on the BACK of the head then, in a dynamic game like 
Quidditch, it is likely that she was moving forward when it 
happened.  That forward movement would have softened the blow. Also, 
it's not clear that it hit her square and blunt on the back of the 
head (from memory), so it may have been a glancing blow.
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Now me:

Both points raised here are valid, but I think it might be a good 
idea here to point out that Bludgers, like almost everything else in 
Potterverse, are *magical* objects.  They are supposed to attack all 
players equally, but there's nothing to say that they always move 
with the same velocity or force, in fact, they probably move in quite 
random patterns with varying speeds.  (unless this is mentioned 
somewhere in QTTA, which I haven't read.  In that case, I apologize)

It's also possible that magic was used to soften the blow.  We know 
from GoF that cheating isn't a strictly Muggle phenonmenon. =)  It's 
possible that the bludger had been tampered with (although there 
seems to be no reason for this) or that some well-meaning fan 
interfered with the possibly dangerous path of the bludger.

Just some thoughts.

-Laura