dark magic was Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 118681


 
> Alla:
> 
> Sorry not enough evidence for me to consider Polyjuice dark magic. 
> Do you remember if they ever learned it in Potions by the way?

Potioncat:
There is not enough evidence for it to be more than an opinion.  
This is what I recall:
In CoS Hermione suggests they use the polyjuice potion that Snape 
talked about in class.  Neither Harry or Ron remember Snape even 
mentioning it. They trick Lockhart into giving them permission to 
check the book out of the restricted section.  Hermione says the 
book has lots of dark arts in it.  (Am beginning to worry about 
movie contamination for that last part.)

In OoP Harry thinks that he did well on the question about the 
effects of polyjuice potion because he used it himself. 

 But remember, the kids learn about defending against dark arts, so 
the potion could be a dark art...Snape did not have them make it in 
class that we know of. He does know in GoF that someone is stealing 
supplies that would create polyjuice potion.

I'm just not sure that the WW isn't as confused about ethics as we 
in the RW are.  And I'm not sure everyone draws the line at the same 
point of "dark".