What Dark Arts?

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> 
> a_svirn:
> 
> What DO you consider dark arts then?

Alla:

The better question in my mind would be what JKR considers the Dark 
Arts. I don't know, except that all three Unforgivables definitely 
qualify, IMO.

Also I think the curses which  leave wounds ( hence Sectusemptra), 
but  I do think that definitions of DA all together is not quite 
clear.

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> > Alla:
> > 
> > Sectusemptra in my mind definitely qualifies. 
> 
> 
> a_svirn:
> 
> Oh, well I suppose it leaves James off the hook for the time being, 
> but then Harry is in trouble. 


Alla:

Hmm, Harry was definitely in danger of being seduced by Dark Arts in 
HBP, IMO. Just like Ginny was in CoS.

Isn't it interesting that Snape could care less about it though?

I am trying to figure out why  Snape did not tell Dumbledore about 
that book of his, which Harry has and cannot find the answer except  -
Snape was saving his own skin.

Again, speculating here.



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> > Alla:
<SNIP>
> > I am literally not sure, but if it IS Dark Arts curse, then no I
> > don't 
> > necessarily think that James was into Dark Arts himself, I think 
> he 
> > could have used this curse PRECISELY to show Snape how bad Dark 
> Arts 
> > are.
> 
> a_svirn:
> 
> Finally! Now we know what all this bullying was about! It was for 
> the educational purpose all the way. I suppose that's exactly why 
> Dumbledore presented James with the head boy badge. 


Alla:

That was a joke, actually. But seriously, I do believe that NO we 
don't know what the bullying was all about yet and whether it was a 
bullying in the first place, or an animosity of rivals. And no, I 
don' believe that Snape was completely alone in his fights with 
Marauders, I think that Slytherin gang is  mentioned for a reason and 
n  dear Bella only could give Snape a very significant help.



> > Alla:
> > 
> > I can definitely tell you what this irony proves to me. :-)
> > 
> > It proves to me that the relationships between Marauders and Snape
> > were 
> > much more complicated then simply "big bad Marauders bully poor 
> > innocent Snape"
> > 
> > 
> 
> a_svirn:
> 
> Why don't you just skip adjectives? "Four marauders bulled Snape". 
> That's more to the point.


Alla:

Not to me. 


JMO ,

Alla.