Harry the Auror

[lizvega2]

No: HPFGUIDX 89143

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Doriane" <delwynmarch at y...> 
wrote:
> But what it comes down to is that Harry tried to kill someone at 
> > > the age of 15. I don't think such a thing can be overlooked. 
>  
> Frost:
> > 	  No, he didn't. He just tried to hurt someone very badly.  
> > Crucio is not the same as a AK.  The difficulty is still that he 
> > tried to use an unforgivable, but was unable to.


I think Bellatrix actually covered this one for us. You have to 
really MEAN them (Unforgivable Curses) in order for them to work. No 
book in front of me for an exact quote, but, she says something 
along the line of, "righteous anger won't last for long" Even Harry 
noticed that after he cast the spell, she did fall on the ground, 
but she didn't scream or writhe in pain. He DIDN'T mean to really 
cause her pain, he was angry. He was't trying to kill anyone, he may 
have said it in the death chamber, before he ran after Bellatrix, 
but for those of you familiar with the old Jack Lemmon movie, 12 
Angry Men, saying that you want to kill someone doesn't mean that 
you actually want them dead.