limitations of UC

[jrober4211]

No: HPFGUIDX 34935

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "grey_wolf_c" <greywolf1 at j...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "tex23236" <jbryson at r...> wrote:
> 
> > Why would a dark(i.e. one who is already on the sheet for using 
> > an UC, so it doesn't matter if he uses more) wizard cast any 
other 
> > spell than AK? Is it more difficult?  What spells would one use 
in a 
> > serious duel, other than the UC's?
> > 
> > Tex, who is trying to work out JKR's system of magic...
> 
> Well, they wanted to Rule The World, which probably is easier if 
> everyone else is dead, but Evil Overlords tend to prefer having 
people 
> to opress about and all that. That said, I'm of the oppinion that 
AK is 
> extremely difficult to cast, taking years of practice and great 
powers 
> (this means: only a handful of wizards can cast it). The rest of 
the 
> dark wizards would probably work with lesser spells, most of them 
being 
> nowhere powerfull enough to cat UCs (if Crabbe and Goyle take to 
their 
> fathers, I'd imagine that they weren't precisely providing powerful 
> curses to Voldi).
> 
> I think you might have a point here about AK. Consider that there 
is not much difference in wizards/muggles when it comes to human 
nature. When you look at muggle murder statistics, most mursers are a 
spur of the moment, not planned event where someone picks up a gun or 
a large object and murders a spouse, S/O , or other family member. At 
least this holds true in the US, where guns are more readily 
available. If AK were an easy curse to perform, you would probably 
have a much higher murder rate in the wizarding world where a wizard, 
in a fit of passion, AK'ed a family member. 


Jo Ellen