[HPforGrownups] Re:AK Stealing Souls

[Laura Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 35775

VIN SAID:
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>Now, from this I discount any killings by 
>creature's abilities, I am referring only to spells here. There 
>isn't one occurance, in my current state of memory, of any wizard 
>death by magic by any spell other than AK. So, if it possible that 
>maybe this is also the only spell that CAN kill a wizard? Maybe the 
>inherent nature of magic- something mentioned by Dumbledore- 
>disallows or prevents magic from killing any other wizard, because 
>the magic in that person blocks it- except in the case of these 
>three spells?

But when Peter used the blasting spell on the street to fake his death, people *did* assume that Sirius hade killed him.  In fact, they believed that the biggest piece left was his finger.  Therefore, it must be possible to kill other wizards with the use of a spell other than AK, otherwise no one would have believed that Sirius had killed Peter.  I assume that the reason Sirius survived was that Peter was sure to shield him from the spell, since if Sirius was dead - well, the framing wouldn't have worked quite so well...

Another thing that points toward there being other ways to kill using magic other than AK is the whole concept of dueling and "seconds".  Ron says in SS that seconds were there in case the dueler died.  Now, what's the fun of dueling with AK? Totally pointless, what's the use of having a formal duel at all? Also, its illegal.  Yet dueling is not illegal, and people still sometimes die in them.  Therefore, duelers must use other spells to wound, and perhaps kill, each other.

Not that your idea doesn't have its merits.  I think wizards probably do have a certain measure of resiliency to physical, as well as magical, attacks -- when compared to the average muggle, that is.

laura 


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