[HPforGrownups] Re: Lethal Harry

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No: HPFGUIDX 40555

In a message dated 06/19/2002 2:49:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ntg85 at prodigy.net writes:


> I think it wasn't so much that Harry was using specific spells as that 
> he was making what he wanted happen. He wanted to free the snake; he 
> wanted to get Tia Marge to shut up; he wanted to get away from the 
> bullies. (Didn't he also break a glass once?) Anyway, Harry didn't 
> even know those things were possible, let alone what spell to use. I 
> think it was, as Hagrid said, "making things happen" (and from the 
> fact that Hagrid says it as if it happens to everyone indicates it may 
> not be an isolated phenomenon... Remember, Neville bounced). 
> 
> I always thought that Harry was more posturing than anything when he 
> threatened Sirius. It's the same thing as people who are fighting 
> going, "I'm gonna kill you!" even though they have no intention of 
> doing so.
> 

Can I jump in here?  this is Harriet.  Sirius says "Are you going to kill me, 
Harry?"  And I wondered....Just how is Harry going to kill Sirius?  He can't 
do AK....  Maybe, if he points his wand at Sirius' heart and says, "Stupefy" 
or ...yuch..."Accio heart..?"  Or is Sirius being sarcastic, knowing that 
Harry can't really kill him...?

(I apologize for responding to this post over a week later, but I work full 
time and don't get to check my posts during the week..  Thanks for your 
patience.)

Harriet


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