TBAY: MATCHINGARMCHAIR and Lestrange

[alhewison]

No: HPFGUIDX 39099

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., elfundeb at a... wrote:
> With many apologies to all who could not identify the context of 
the following two quotes, which I inadvertently left out of a prior 
post.
> 
> > > "It was the most wonderful feeling.  Harry felt a floating 
> > sensation as every 
> > > thought and worry in his head was wiped gently away, leaving 
> > nothing but a vague, untraceable happiness.  He stood there 
feeling immensely relaxed, only dimly aware of everyone watching him."
> 
> GoF, ch. 15.  The second quote, which appears below, is from the 
graveyard scene, when Voldemort tried to make Harry answer his 
question about whether  he wanted to be Crucio'd again.
> 
> > > 
> > > "And Harry felt, for the third time in his life, the sensation 
that his mind had been wiped of all thought."
> 
> The second time was earlier in the graveyard scene when Voldemort 
forced  Harry to bow before dueling.

Ah, here I think I might have to disagree with you - and perhaps 
repolish my LOON badge that I was awarded a few weeks ago:-

When Voldemort makes Harry bow in the graveyard scene, there's no 
mention of Harry's mind being wiped of all thought, but there is 
another occasion that might pass the test:

when Harry first sees the Veela we are told:

"Harry's mind had gone completely and blissfully blank" (p.94 GoF UK 
Hardback).

So, as I read it, although he wasn't under the Imperius curse when he 
saw the Veela, the description is similar enough for the graveyard 
Imperius to be the "third time" his mind had been wiped of all 
thought  - although only the second time he had actually been under 
the Imperius curse. (This only works if you count Crouch/Moody's 
attempts to get Harry to throw off the curse as one time, as it all 
happened in the same lesson).

Ali

(Wondering if it's a good thing to come up with Loony answers, and 
wishing she could come up with entertaining theories instead - oh 
well!!!)