Harry Killing in HBP (was re: Violence).

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 131979

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" 
<eggplant107 at h...> wrote:
> heather the buzzard <tankgirl73 at s...> wrote:
> 
> > Since the spell IS so unstoppable, then why 
> > wouldn't the baddies just kill everyone and
> > be done with it? What possible reason would
> > there be for sparing their opponents, for 
> > using any other curse at all? 
> 
> Probably because Avada Kedavra is very difficult to perform, so it 
is
> easier and often more effective to cast 4 or 5 lesser curses than 
one
> Avada Kedavra. It's the same reason soldiers don't use elephant 
guns,
> a smaller caliber rifle can be fired more often.
> 
> Eggplant

I'm not so sure that the AK is harder than other spells. It seems to 
me that a lot of dark curses are easier to cast than many other 
spells, the seductive lure of darkness and all that. Harry manages to 
cast the pain curse with absolutely no practice. Sure, its weaker 
than normal, but there aren't many spells that Harry gets that close 
to being right the first time out. I think what holds people back 
from using the spell is a certain type of mindset that's required and 
the distinctive nature of the spell. The killing curse is probably 
the most visually distinctive spell in the hp books. Also, with the 
Priori spell to see what other wizards have cast with their wand, I 
think there are plenty of practical reasons for not flinging the 
spell around outside of its casting difficulty, which I doubt is all 
that high. After all, Peter Pettigrew manages to use it successfully.

phoenixgod2000