Basilisk fang

[siriuskase]

No: HPFGUIDX 54180

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:

> Basilisk is big enough to eat Harry whole.  So what made Harry's arm
"tough" 
> enough for the snake's tooth to break off in it (and I don't think
Quidditch 
> is the answer here)?  I know we've established that wizards are not as 
> fragile as regular humans (Neville bouncing after a fall, or just
breaking 
> his wrist in that fall from the broom, for instance), but does that
mean 
> they're actually "denser" in their body mass somehow (like rubber??)?  
> Granted, we're talking about fiction, but since we analyze
everything in huge 
> detail here, I thought somebody might have an interesting idea about
this.
> 
> Lynda 

Hi Lynda, it isn't my intent to be a spoil sport so I don't want to
stop discussion of this topic.  However, I think that this is just one
of those things that Rowling wasn't thinking about.  In our
frustration, we have thunk about things that Rowling ddin't intend for
us to think about and may not have thought about herself. 

But I will give you my best explanation. I just suspend disbelief and
take her word for it, Harry pulled out the big fang.  This is kinda
like the Mom who picked up the 2 ton car that was crushing the baby. 
 (did it really happen or is it an urban legend?)   People can be
unusuaally strong sometimes.

sirius kase