That swishing sound was Re: Dumbledore's "peaceful expression?
pippin_999
foxmoth at qnet.com
Tue Oct 18 10:27:53 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 141787
Geoff:
> > Where else have we had a sound effect of someone rasing a wand? It
> > seems to run counter to other descriptions.
> >
>
> Valky:
> Got me there Geoff. All I can think of is the 'Swish and Flick'.
> But rereading the quote a second time I have realised it can be pared
> down to construe as the noise of 'rushing death' by the fact that the
> sentence reads, A swishing noise *and* the voice saying Avada Kedavra.
> If JKR wanted she could tell us it was meant to imply that the two
> things were simultaneous. But I am tangling myself in knots trying to
> maintain that consistency with the other AK's. I take that as having
> pared down too far. <g>
>
Pippin:
The swishing sound is clearly separated from the effects of the
AK -- the flash of light and the sound of Cedric falling. Could it be
the approach of the real killer? I've said before, it's quite a feat that
clumsy Peter, who doesn't trust his conjured ropes but has to
check them, manages to put his bundle aside and draw his wand before Cedric, who
already has his wand out, can do an expelliarmus. And so convenient that Harry had his
eyes closed.
Here's a little canon to back it up -- the arrival of the other Death Eaters at the graveyard.
"The air was suddenly full of the swishing of cloaks." -- GoF ch 33
Pippin
stubbornly convinced that JKR's confirmation that it was Wormtail using Voldemort's wand
means that there are two characters using the alias Wormtail.
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