Sir Nicholas Porpington (AKA Nearly Headless Nick) Re: The Riddle House Riddles

[tanie_05]

No: HPFGUIDX 36069

mariahisabel wrote:
> What about nearly headless nick? Dont you think he probably would 
> have known that he was going to be executed and come up with some 
> magical way to overcome his difficulty?  Apparate out of the 
dungeon 
> or wherever he was, put some anti severing charm on himself or 
> something? to me it just doesnt make sense that he wouldnt have 
been 
> able to protect himself in anyway, even if his wand had been 
> confiscted (other magical folk can preform magic without a wand 
> regularly <dumbldore> or because of high emotions during a 
stressful 
> time <harry>).  and he must have been a wizard because otherwise 
why 
> would he be hanging out in Hogwarts after his death? Somehow I dont 
> think that ole "hoggy hoggy hogwarts" it the hottest spot for all 
> ghosts to be. So why didnt he protect himself  if he knew about his 
> impending death? Anyone interested in giving me their ideas or 
> clueing me in that duh! everyones debated that already?

Wait...wait...wait. Who said Nearly Headless Nick was a wizard in the 
first place? Just because he's a Hogwarts ghost doesn't mean he *has* 
to be magical. But let's go on the proposal that he was a wizard. 
Wouldn't he be a bit suspicious if no matter how many times they 
tried to cut off his head, it wouldn't be severed? Maybe he was 
unexpectedly executed. Like maybe someone grabbed him from off the 
street & sent him straight to the executioner's block, where they 
already had an ax (or sword or whatever they used) waiting for him. 
That way no spontaneous magic could be done. He wouldn't have the 
time to react. Hmmmm......food for thought........

-Kyrstyne