[HPforGrownups] Questions on Boggarts

[Kurt Douglass]

No: HPFGUIDX 72930




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>Michael Gidlow:
>I think this might have brought up before, but what is the extent of
>a Boggart's power. If a boggart takes on the form of something, then
>to some extent it must take on its powers. When Harry fights the
>boggart dementor, it causes him to relive his worst memories just
>like a real dementor. But suppose the boggart dementor tried to kiss
>Harry-would it suck his soul out? Or what if it took the form of
>Voldemort and tried to kill Harry with the Avada Kedavra curse-would
>it kill Harry? Any thoughts?
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>Me:
>I'm confused about boggarts as well. And Lupin using one as a dementor just 
>makes the problem worse... see, not only did the boggart make Harry relive 
>bad memories, but it also wiped out all the lights. This begs the question, 
>why does the full-moon!boggart not cause Lupin to go all hairy? There's got 
>to be some limit on it's powers... but JKR has never explained it well 
>enough (like a lot of things).
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>-Dan
>
from Michael:

I never thought about why the moon-boggart didn't make Lupin turn into a 
werewolf. But the text does say that Lupin got the boggart back into the 
wardrobe/case as fast as he could. Also, the moon influences the entire 
earth, a dementor only its immediate surroundings. I know that Rowling did 
this scene to develop Harry's character, but she should have explained it 
more. Harry could easily have said, "If it's only a boggart, why does it 
make the lights go out and make me relive my past?" I'm glad I'm re-reading 
the books because I'm finding plot holes I've never noticed before. But 
maybe this will be more fully explained later. But Rowling is only human and 
she has so much to keep track of, she's bound to slip up once and awhile.
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