Some Snape thoughts;Flitwick; More Neville

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 35758

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
> David wrote:

> > I wonder if Snape was using all his magical powers at that time to 
> >resist Harry's anger, and is in fact *deliberately* winding him up, 
> >so that, in due course, Harry can do something spectacular, with or 
> >without his wand, when made sufficiently angry.
> 
> Hmmm.  So if I read this correctly, you're suggesting that Snape has 
> some sort of power to resist Harry's vague wandless magic, and 
> that's the reason Snape didn't blow up like Aunt Marge.  Hmmm, very 
> interesting, the idea that Snape has these unusual powers. 

I don't think any "unusual powers" are required.  Aunt Marge is a
Muggle.  Snape is a wizard.  That's more than enough to account for
the difference.


> Actually, this issue presents problems for the proponents of Memory 
> Charm Neville.  If Neville is 4 or so when the torture happens, then 
> why *does* Mrs. Lestrange leave him alone?  Are we to believe that 
> Mrs. Lestrange is the one who placed a memory charm on Neville?  
> Doesn't she, like Wormtail and Voldemort, know that memory charms 
> can be broken?  Mrs. Lestrange needs to explain herself on this 
> point.

Ah, but can the Memory Charm be broken *humanely*?  Voldemort
apparently got through the Memory Charm on Bertha by torturing her
until the charm broke.  But surely not even a tough-as-nails Auror
like Moody would try to get a conviction in a criminal case by
torturing the victim's 4-year-old child.  Mrs. Lestrange knew she was
safe.

Marina
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