[HPforGrownups] Fudge and Curse Scars

[rachel day]

No: HPFGUIDX 47290

cathywalker75 wrote:

>"Fudge had taken half a step back from >Dumbledore, but he looked no 
>less stubborn. 'You'll forgive me, >Dumbledore, but I've heard of a 
>curse scar acting as an alarm bell >before...'" (p613, UK edition)

Hey good eye! I've never noticed that before, I'd always read it as "I've _never_ heard of a curse scar acting as an alarm bell before."

I thought Fudge was refuting Dumbledore, by basically saying it was nonsense, that he'd never heard of such a thing. But now I'm not so sure. 

Maybe its a typo. It's been said before that the pressure put on JKR to finish GoF to meet the publishers deadlines had caused more typos than had been in previous books.

>Does anyone have any ideas as to who's >curse scar he is referring 
>to? 

Oooh! You've set a spark off now! I don't know what to think. I seem to remember that Harry's scar was the first of its kind? (Well, it is really, he's the only one to have ever survived AK). 

IIRC, he was worried about his scar once, but then thought that he couldn't really look up if that was how curse scars acted because it wasn't likely to be in 'Common Magical Ailments and Afflictions'. (sorry, I don't have my books with me - I'm not even sure what book it is, PoA? Can anyone find a reference?)

The only other person with a scar that comes to mind is Dumbledore,

"I have a scar on my left knee that is an exact map of the London Underground" (not an exact quote, like I said, I don't have my books with me). 

Then of course there's Moody;

"Every inch of visible skin seemed to be scarred"

"...shook a long mane of grizzled grey hair out of his twisted and scarred face..."

Both are well known for fighting the dark arts (the real Moody anyway) maybe these are the curse scars Fudge is referring to? (also, IIRC, we *are* told that Moody's are curse scars aren't we?


Hope that's some help,

Rachel




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