Limits of UC /"EWWWWW"

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 34961

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "judyserenity" <judyshapiro at e...> wrote:
> Grey Wolf said:
> >I'm of the opinion that AK is extremely difficult to cast, taking 
> >years of practice and great powers...<
> 
> Well, Fake Moody definitely implies this.  However, this leaves the
> question of how that wimp, Peter Pettigrew, was able to AK Cedric 
in
> GoF.  Maybe Voldy somehow made Peter more powerful?  But Voldy 
refers
> to Peter as a "poor wizard", or something similar, so I'd guess 
not. 
> 

I suspect Voldy think everyone except himself and possibly 
Dumbledore is a "poor wizard."  He seems pretty full of himself.

I always thought that to successfully cast AK, the caster must truly 
and totally wish the victim dead without the slightest twinge of 
fear, conscience or doubt.  It's not like a gun, where you can kill 
someone even if you feel kinda bad about it.  AK can only be cast 
totally in cold blood, and that's why it's unforgivable.

And while we're on that topic -- what were Lupin and Black planning 
to cast on Peter in the Shrieking Shack before Harry stopped them?  
Were they actually going to AK the guy, or are there some forgivable 
killing curses out there?

> 
> Marina said:
> >>> What if Voldemort wanted Lily for himself?  Not because he was
> >>> crushing on her or anything, but for strategic reasons?  Say 
there
> >>> was some sort of prophecy... along the lines of "Lily Potter's 
son
> >>> will win the war for his father's side.".... <<<
> 
> And Eileen ("lucky_kari") responded:
> >>That takes the cake as the most disgusting HP theory ever. :-)
> 
> I agree completely, and I'm very relieved that someone came up 
with a
> more disgusting theory than mine!  I have to admit that Marina's
> theory does an excellant job of explaining why Voldy was willing to
> spare Lily.  Perhaps we can call it the "even EEWWer" theory?

Woo-hoo!  I win the Most Disgusting Theory award!  I've always 
wanted one of those.  Let's see... I'd like to thank Pauline Reage, 
the Marquis DeSade, Anne Rocquelaire, and all the little people who 
made this award possible.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com