Snape's part in death of Sirius

[demetra1225]

No: HPFGUIDX 108099

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nkafkafi" <nkafkafi at y...> 
wrote:
> Pippin, I'm really surprised you are not familiar with this useful 
> spell:
> -----------------------------------------------
> GoF, Ch. 35 :
> Dumbledore forced the man's mouth open and poured three drops 
inside 
> it. Then he pointed his wand at the mans chest and 
said, "Ennervate."
> 	Crouch's son opened his eyes
> ------------------------------------------------
> So simple and quick. And Crouch Jr. was hit with "Stupefy", which 
is 
> the same that Ron used on several of the I-Squad. And when DD does 
> this spell, Snape is standing right beside him. Can you see our 
dear 
> Severus failing to master it? (even if he has to train on poor 
> Filch). In fact, the DEs must know that one too, because they 
recover 
> so quickly after getting hit at the DoM battle. And Snape was a DE 
> too.  
>

Demetra: 
Not to be nitpicky on this small point, but while 'ennervate' may 
work on 'stupefy' we don't know that it works on other hexes.  I 
don't have my book with me, but I know that Ron mentions that Ginny 
hit Malfoy with her specialty, the bat-bogey hex.  For all we know, 
other hexes were used as well.  
We also saw McGonnagall getting hit earlier in the book with 
multiple 'stupefies'.  She wasn't revived with a simple 'ennervate', 
she ended up in St. Mungos for a period of time.  Maybe multiple 
hexes have a cumulative effect?  We don't know whether the I-Squad 
kids were hit with only one 'stupefy' or more.  I don't think we have 
enough info to say that reviving the I-Squad kids was simple or 
quick.