AK and Intent (was : Lily, LV and Harry at GH.)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 113449

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hawke" <ankashai at g...> wrote:

Hawke;
> Well, we are told what happens if you try to cast AK and don't mean 
> it, albeit from a slightly unreliable source. The Imposter Known As 
> Mad Eye tells us almost the exact same thing--something along the 
> lines of 'you could all take out your wands and say the words and I 
> doubt I'd even get so much as a nosebleed. The Unforgivables 
require 
> a lot of power and you have to mean it ' ( Can someone provide the 
> actual quote? Book five, their first DADA class ) 

Geoff:
I quoted this quote plus other useful bits of canon (including 
Bellatrix's little lesson about Crucio) last week in message 112956.

Geoff
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