Accio-proof Items (WAS:Re: House points and Dumbledore)

[Grey Wolf <greywolf1@jazzfree.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51298

Annemehr wrote:
> Of *course* Snitches couldn't be Accioed!
> I had never even considered the possibility before, but the neccessity 
> of having some things Accio-proof would explain perfectly the fact 
> that none of the Triwizard champions bothered to point their wands and 
> say "Accio Egg!"
> 
> Annemehr

There are two canon problems with this. The first one is that we know 
of ways to stop people from aparating, but there is no canon whatsoever 
to make us think that there is such thing as an anti-accioing charms. 
It's not a yellow flag, since there is nothing against it either, but I 
for one think it is higly unlikely - that sort of spell would be too 
specific for be of any use. After all, you could probably use half a 
dozen other spells that are more or less similar (like repelling chars 
repelling the object towards you) by simply wishing it so - the 
conection between intent and end result of the spells has been widely 
discused and accepted.

The second point is that we *do* know that accio charm wouldn't have 
worked particularly well (if at all) during the first challenge. 1) 
Because the dragon was sitting on the eggs, so there is no place for 
the egg to leave. 2) Visual contact or familiarity seems to ba a must 
for the spell and 3) The dragon hide absorbs magic and makes it null, 
so any spell thrown towards the egg would be deflected or nullified by 
the dragon itself before it could affect the egg.

The solution is, of course, to distract the dragon away from the eggs, 
which requires you to use magic constantly (or some other form of 
distraction, as in Harry's case), and by the time the plan has actually 
worked you've got so many spells in the air to get the dragon out of 
the way that you are better off making a rush and grab approach.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf