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[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 138862

Extra powerful Expelliarmus or an extra spell? Only JKR knows for
sure! ;-) >>


Catlady:
PoA: ""Expelliarmus!" he yelled -- except that his wasn't the only
voice that shouted. There was a blast that made the door rattle on its
hinges; Snape was lifted off his feet and slammed into the wall, then
slid down it to the floor, a trickle of blood oozing from under his
hair. He had been knocked out. Harry looked around. Both Ron and
Hermione had tried to disarm Snape at exactly the same moment."

As Harry is the viewpoint character, we know that he didn't throw in
an extra spell with his Expelliarmus, and I don't think Ron or
Hermione did either

CathyD:
I knew someone would bring up this situation but it, to me, is obvious.  It is the power of three.  All three kids did the same spell at the same moment.  The power of all three spells at once caused the action.  That is what I was asking, was Snape's Expelliarmus against Lockhart so much more powerful that we see it acting differently, or did he throw in a non-verbal Impedimenta?



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