[HPforGrownups] Re: Boggarts & Riddikulus

[Barbara D. Poland-Waters]

No: HPFGUIDX 102175

>>>Barbara Said:
"What you need to do is force it to assume a shape that you find
amusing." POA 134
<snip>
However, in GoF, when Harry meets the boggart-dementor in the maze,
he performs the Patronus Charm, and then realizes that he's not
fighting a dementor, but a boggart and uses the Riddikulus charm.
<snip>
"There was a loud crack, and the shape-shifter exploded in a wisp of
smoke." GoF 623<<<

>>>Lliannanshe said:
(OOP PG176) "Lupin waved his wand once more and the orb vanished in
a puff of smoke"  Lupin is also able to make a boggart disappear
without an amusing shape change or laughter. We should appreciate
Harry's level of power.  For Harry, confronting the boggart itself
was amusing (riddikulus) when compared to confronting a dementor.
(Puff, in a wisp of smoke)<<<



I don't buy this, mainly because I think it's hindsight to say it wasn't
actually a mistake on JKR's part, but look, he must've been more powerful!
You could be right, but I'd feel more inclined to agree if somewhere in one
of the books it were to say a truly powerful wizard need not even use the
Riddikulus charm, or that after doing so, could just wave his wand to
destroy the boggart, skipping the whole laugher bit.

Barbara
bd-bear