OotP Moody's magical eye and the boggart..

[napnoy2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 70465

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "T.M. Sommers" <tms2 at m...> 
> wrote:
> > I like to think of boggarts as sort of quantum-mechanical 
> > beasties.  That is, until observed, they have no form at all, 
> > just as a quantum-mechanical particle has no position until 
> > observed.  What did Moody see, then?  Perhaps the thing he fears 
> > is something that couldn't possibly be inside a piece of 
> > furniture.  If Lupin had a magical eye, and he saw the moon 
> > inside a wardrobe, it would be a pretty safe bet that it wasn't 
> > really the moon.
> > 
> > The real question is, what does a boggart see when looking at 
> > another boggart?


I read this thread with interest.  Although it's not a remotely major 
issue, I did wonder at Harry's suggestion in OOtP that a boggart 
would be handy for DA members to practice the Patronus charm on.  
Surely a boggart will only reflect a person's worst personal fear, 
and as we see in POA, this is only a dementor in Harry's case. What 
good would a boggart do then for Ron, who saw a spider? 

Just a ramble, really.  

"napnoy2003"