[HPforGrownups] Crushes on HP characters/ Wands with no spells

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 48025

Maria writes:

>Did anyone else have a huge crush on Prof Lupin? 
>
>I'm really hoping he'll be in the next book.  I beleive he will be, 
>because I think Dumbledore sent him and others an owl in the last 
>book.  I found his wry amusement and calm manner brilliant.  Anyone 
>else agree?

Oh, yes.  Yes, yes, yes.  However, I worry a bit about Lupin.  He's second on my list of possible "hard to write" deaths for book 5, right behind Hagrid.  But I do think we'll see him in OoP, can't remember for sure if JKR confirmed that, though I know she did say after GoF that he'd be back, as he was one of her favorites.  Though I hate to say it, he does seem a likely candidate to, well, die.  Hopefully not in OoP, but before it's all over.

Alora:
>>"Does that mean that the wand and it's owner are connected in some way?  
>>Telepathy, or something of the like?"

Dan:

>That's more or less what I think--eventually wizards and witches become so >magically skilled they don't need to say the incantation part of certain spells >anymore. I think of the incantation (alohomora, for example) as just being a word >that triggers a desired effect in your brain, which, in turn, causes it to >manifest in the real world. If I was a wizard who didn't know what alohomora does >and started shouting it, I don't think it would have any effect--there's no >comprehension of what one's magical power should manifest.

I think it's something that takes place as a wizard/witch becomes more skilled and their wand more familiar with them.  It becomes a part of them and knows the wizard's intentions without them saying anything.  Younger wizards like Harry still need to use the incantations, but I'd say that as they grow more experienced there is less need for incantations.  Certainly for simple spells, like Mrs. Weasley's dish washing.  For more complex spells, like Avada Kedavra, for a negative one, I think an incantation is always necessary.  Or at least no wizard we know of has achieved that level of magic--yet.

Richelle


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