[HPforGrownups] Re: Death Eaters

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 120618


From: "nkafkafi"

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>> charme:
>>
>> I don't believe I had such a literal interpretation of Neri's boggart
>> comment, Carol. I think Neri meant that it could be a form of a
> boggart for
>> some individuals:  it's not inconcievable that when the Dark Mark
> appeared
>> at some regularity it could have been some wizards' worst fears.
>
> Neri:
> Thanks Charme :-)
>
> To clarify, I was referring to a theory that was recently suggested
> here (I regret that I don't remember who it was and I didn't manage to
> find the post). This theory pointed out in the "years of terror" in
> VW1 the boggart of most wizards was probably Voldemort. According to
> my slightly different version Arthur words "everyone's worst fear"
> practically imply that during VW1 the boggart of most wizards would
> take the form of the Dark Mark.
>
> The question is, does it lend a boggart more power if more wizards are
> more afraid of it? We don't have much canon that this is so, but we do
> see that Lupin's boggart doesn't affect him as the real full moon
> does, while Harry's boggart for a time does affect Harry as a
> dementor. So what happens to a boggart that many people fear very much
> from? Does it become the real thing? Does it become very powerful?
>
> Only a speculation, of course, but it reminds me of Valky's theory
> that Voldemort's power comes from wizards' fear to say his name.
>
> The expressions "the worst fear" and "the worst memory" tantalizingly
> repeat throughout the HP saga. Another example I forgot in my original
> post: dementors make you live again your worst memory, and the OotP
> pensive scene is (according to the chapter's name) "Snape's worst
> memory". My gut feeling is that somehow all this must link together
> and play a central role, but I fully admit I don't understand how.
>

chame:

You're welcome, Neri :)

Your post remind me of Lupin's description of boggarts in PoA and how he 
says that too many individual fears together can confuse it. So, I think 
your supposition is on the right track, as this statement would lead one to 
believe that a collection of wizards with the same fear could affect a 
boggart in some way....

charme