Neville's broken nose

[Berit Jakobsen]

No: HPFGUIDX 85841

Angel wrote:
> There's two interesting points to add to this. The first is in 
> Flitwick's first lesson, where he cautions that students should 
> pronounce things properly, citing a wizard that didn't. The second 
is 
> the spell that Dolohov uses on Hermione, wordlessly. These two 
instances 
> seem to be slightly contradictory.
> Any ideas?

Me:

It doesn't necessarily have to be contradictory. I got the impression 
that if Dolohov could have uttered his spell out loud, the spell 
would have been much more powerful. The only reason Hermione didn't 
die, was because Dolohov's words were silenced... Just look at the 
damage the spell caused: Hermione had to take ten (?) different 
potions to heal, and she was sore all over (some broken ribs as 
well?), she also passed out cold when hit. A powerful spell (hm; 
maybe the same one that hit Sirius; the difference being Bellatrix 
could say the words out loud...). So I would think that a powerful 
wizard who either mispronounces the spell's wording or is silenced, 
can still make something happen, but the spell is "weaker", less 
effective. Neville is still just a kid and not as skilled and 
powerful as Dolohov. Also, if I remember correctly; a skilled wizard 
can even do magic without his wand...(I think Snape among others has 
said so).

Berit