Magic/Languages and Accidental/Wandless magic

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 116716



> Potioncat:
> There is also at least two in SS/PS.
> Quirrell hexes Harry's broom and Snape counter-hexes it. And 
from  the way it's happening, I assume no one else (characters)  
 understands what is going on.<

Quirrell uses wandless magic to bind Harry in ch  17 PS/SS:

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Quirrell snapped his fingers. Ropes sprang out of thin air and 
wrapped themselves tightly around Harry.
==

Much more interesting from a conspiracy theorist's point of view, 
he then uses wandless magic to try to kill Harry:

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Quirrell raised his hand to perform a deadly curse, but Harry, by 
instinct, reached up and grabbed Quirrell's face--
==

I used to think that was a Flint...but Sirius's death put a whole 
new complexion on it. 

Speaking of complexions... the skin-blistering which stops 
Quirrell is also wandless. 

Pippin