James's death

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 105162

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> --- Arya:
> >  Plus, we have to
> > believe James said and tried a few things to warrant Voldemort
> > admitting that 'he fought bravely'.  He certainly didn't fall in a
> > heartbeat like Cedric did--James fought his death, IMO.  

"Ginger" <gertgal at a...> wrote
> I agree that James fought his death, but I wonder how.  AK is 
> supposed to be unfightable, unblockable (Moody).  A physical fight, 
> to wrest Voldemort's wand for his grasp?  Sure, he fought, but how 
> does one fight AK
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Moody obnviously meant it is only unblockable via some sheild charm or other direct 
magical spell.  Which--is totally misleading.  We know that AK is indeed QUITE 
blockable.  No, I'm not talking about Harry.  I'm talking about the fact that we saw 
first hand in the MoM Atrium battle, a solid object can be used as a sheild to tak the 
AK blow.  As can a Phoenix if one is handy.  Plus, there is always dodging the spell.  
Basically, Moody lied.  But it wasn't Moody was it?  

It might have been a case of Crouch seeking to mislead via hyperbole in claiming the 
Unforgivables are unblockable.  I mean in one way it is correct because I think they 
usually learn curses and counter-curses, junxes and counter-jinxes, etc and these 
curses just happen to have no specific block spell, end spell or reverse spell.  
However, it is misleading--a gravely so--in that it failed to mention one can still 
always avoid these spells by simply avoiding being hit by the spell--whether that's 
running away, dodging the cast spell or hiding behind something, etc.  Perhaps it's 
only misleading to us.  Perhaps if you are student at Hogwarts, you already know 
these basic, curse-avoidance 101 tactics.  I'm not sure.  But I am sure that just 
because Lord Voldemort decided he wants to kill some one, doesn't mean that person 
will dumbly stand still to be a perfect target.  

Arya