AK Stealing Souls

[caes56]

No: HPFGUIDX 35750

       Hey guys!

-------------jklb66 wrote:-------------
Maybe Avada Kedavra steals a person's essence as well 
as killing them, robbing them of existence even in the afterlife.  
Also, it makes those who use it more powerful, giving it a triple-
whammy against it.  It kills, it steals the victims' sacred 
soul/spirit/whatever, and (as a special extra bonus) it makes the 
murderer more powerful.
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---jferer wrote:-----------------------
Interesting idea. I can see Avada Kedavra stealing someone's essence,
although I'm not as persuaded that essence helps the murderous 
caster. Wouldn't Cedric's good essence 'damage' Pettigrew, at least 
from Voldemort's point of view?

Clearly there are other ways to kill with a curse. Harry and Ron 
both point wands at people in a threatening way (Black, Pettigrew, 
Lockhart) and they certainly don't know A.K. The people who the 
wands were pointed at certainly felt threatened enough to keep 
quiet. I've thought there's likely a spell that just "punches" 
somebody hard enough in the chest to stop their heart or something 
like that.
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     Actually, I have a little seperate idea that perhaps explains 
why these curses are "Unforgiveable," and it's fairly straightfoward 
I think. Rather than having some sort of "soul stealing" power 
behind it, I think AK is just as the canon states- a curse that 
kills quite quickly and evenly. The reason, IMHO, is more likely 
these are the only spells that are developed that are SPECIFICALLY 
and ONLY designed to kill, harm, or limit another person. It's the 
only use for these spells, they can't do anything else. Other spells 
can be used to kill, that much is certain. However, they can also be 
used for other methods. Take for instance the first Quidditch match 
in SS, Hermione uses a simple spell to summon a fire, with the 
intention of distracting Snape. Couldn't she just have easily 
summoned it inside of Snape's Lungs or body, which would surely be 
lethal? But that's not an Unforgiveable curse! To sum up and 
finalize it: AK, Imperious, and Cruciatus are Unforgiveable curses 
because their sole and only use is to harm others. Yes, other spells 
are harmful if used incorrectly, but also could have other uses. I 
know most people would immediately think about the explosive spell 
Pettigrew used to frame Sirius Black- but couldn't that, as corny as 
it sounds, be used in mining? Or Destroying old Structures? What 
about in rescue situations? I know these are odd situations, and 
also fairly uncommon, but it still can be used for other things. 
Also, it may have not been a unique spell("create fireball"), but 
rather, it may also have just been a summon fire spell like 
Hermione's but with a much higher intensity. Remember when Moody was 
teaching the classes about the curses? He said that they wouldn't 
have enough power behind the spell, that he "doubted if you could 
give me more than a bloody nose." So, taking this into 
consideration, could spells be used in different grades, such that 
the explosive spell really isn't an unforgiveable curse because it's 
not really it's own spell?
         Any ideas? Counters? 

-Vin