[HPforGrownups] Re: Coherence II

[Laura Huntley]

No: HPFGUIDX 39045

Dave said:
>This is interesting too, because the other things Harry does are:
>- grow hair fast;
>- cause glass to disappear;
>- fly (or apparate?) onto the roof of his school: QTTA specifically 
>states that wizards *can't* fly unaided;
>- blow up (in the nicest possible way) aunt Marge;
>- cause his cupboard to fly open.
>I don't recall any of these things being done otherwise, though I can 
>hear Faith (see HypotheticAlley in the admin files) saying we had no 
>need to hear about other examples.

Mmm..on a related note..I was listening (*eg* yes, listening..don't look at me like that.  It's not cheating, it's multitasking..I had homework to do.) to CoS for about the hundredth time (I'm not sure that's even an exaggeration, honestly..we generally have HP playing in our dorm..even if it's jut background noise) and something stood out to me that hasn't caught my attention before..

In chapter 11, the Dueling Club, when Draco and Harry go at it...Draco sends some spell at Harry (it doesn't say what) which hits Harry, "so hard, he felt as though he had been hit over the head with a saucepan.  He stumbled but everything still seemed to be working, and wasting no more time, Harry pointed his wand at Malfoy..."

Anyway, what was this spell and why didn't it work?  Harry didn't know any defensive spells at this time -- nor did he use any.  Furthermore, Malfoy's got to be pretty good at nasty hexes (he manages the snake quite nicely) and you'd think he wouldn't have any trouble cursing Harry.  In fact, he *does* curse Harry directly after that -- and it works fine.

So why didn't this spell do what it was supposed to?  What was it?  Surely the idea wasn't just to make Harry get a headache...what was it *supposed* to do? How did Harry semi-succeed in blocking it?  And why couldn't he do the same to the following curse Malfoy threw at him?

Very strange, that Harry kid is.

laura   


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