Unforgivable Curses and Underage Wizardry

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 127505


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Dysisgirl wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > As I was studying the excerpt in Book 5 where Harry breaks into 
> > Snape's thoughts, I noticed something odd. "<i>A greasy haired 
> > teenager sat alone in a dark bedroom, pointing his wand at the 
> > ceiling, shooting down flies...</i>" [US Verion, Book 5, pg. 
592] 
> <snip>
> > 
> > Of course, we don't know if teenage Snape is using the Killing 
curse
> (or if it's even Snape, for that matter...). But we haven't been
> introduced to many other spells that can create those same 
effects. <snip>
> > Assuming that it <i>is</i> Snape, and that he is using the 
Killing
> Curse as a teenager, we have to wonder (1) where he learned it, (2)
> how powerful he must have been, and (3) why was a teenage kid 
using an
> Unforgivable Curse when he knew full well that the Ministry had and
> Underage Wizarding Policy.
> > 

a_svirn:

1) Could have been a Stunning Spell, 2) nothing out of ordinary in 
that case (unless you count his good marksmanship), 3) wizards 
attain their majority at sevenTEEN

a_svirn