[HPforGrownups] Re: How can LV win the war in three weeks

[bufo_viridis at interia.pl]

No: HPFGUIDX 93106

> Neri:
> Carol, just for the record, I'm quite certain that nothing like my 
> evil plan to take over the WW with a self-replicating "Imperius 
> virus" will actually happen in Book 6 or 7. JKR just doesn't think in 
> such terms, and consequently LV doesn't either. I devised this plan 
> as a purely hypothetical exercise, just for fun (I know, some 
> people's idea of fun is rather twisted:-)). Saying that, it still 
> seems to me that the idea is sound. The principle works quite well in 
> the real world (unfortunately). [snip]

Viridis:
I like your clean logic employed in the plan. However I see wrong assumption, which constitute a major flaw.  
Moody said it needs a powerful wizard to execute the Unforgivables; we saw Harry shaking off Imperio and than winning the duel with Voldie by the power of the will. He's certainly strong willed person, for which examples can be found throghout the books. 
In OotP, especially in MoM battle, we have finally seen the conection between psyche and the magic - which is very typical for general understanding of magic as skill(ability)+will (in folklore, legends and fantasy along). So the  person has possibilties for executing these kinds of magic (s)he as also psychic tendency for: sadists are great with Cruciatus. 
Weak willed person are susceptible to Imperio, no matter how big will be their other magical abilities are. And weak-willed will not be good at Imperio-ing other, because it means imposing their will on others. So the "virus" can not replicate itself - or will replicate into weaker and weaker form. So I hope WW will be saved from pandemy.

> In general, one of the reasons I like the Potterverse is because I 
> think the rules of magic, as JKR describes them, lend themselves 
> beautifully to ideas from modern biology and computer science. 

Well, yes, as much as I like JKR's work, she is not a world-creator. She basically substituted "technology and science" with "magic". So the similarites are not surprising. She did it with great grace, to be sure.

Cheers, Viridis
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