Dark Magic

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 114313

 "Cunning_spirit" wrote:
> > Please forgive me if this has been discussed before -- wading 
> through over a hundred 
> > thousand posts is a bit daunting...BUT has anyone here ever 
> discussed
> > just what constitutes Dark Magic?
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> It was discussed here and there, but I also don't remember any 
long 
> threads specifically on that topic. The problem is that we DON'T 
> exactly know what constitutes the Dark Magic, except 
Unforgivables, 
> of course.
> 
> 
> JKR did not give us the clear criteria yet of which spells 
> constitute Dark Magic. I would say that Dark Magic are the 
specific 
> spells, NOT the action behind them.
> If you can harm the person badly with "Wingardium Leviosa" is it a 
> Dark magic or not?
> 
> I mean,  Rowling clearly hinted that the intent matters greatly, 
> when Harry's Crucio! did not work.
> 
> As possible examples of Dark magic the posters cited Polijuice 
> potion, Animagi transformation (I don't think either of those is 
the 
> Dark magic, but just to give the examples).
> 
> I am sure something else was cited as the example of the Dark 
magic, 
> but I don't remember right now)
>  
> 
> Cunning spirit:
> 
> > In the books we see plenty of scarey looking spells tossed 
around, 
> including by mages 
> > who claim to be agin' Dark Magic.  
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I tend to think that only specific spells are considered to eb 
dark 
> magic, but again, if you kill somebody with the light spell, what 
is 
> it then?
> I wish JKR would clarify it.