Re: Dumbledore's "“peaceful expression”? (was: Dumbledore's pleading)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 141795

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ibchawz" <ibchawz at y...> wrote:

Geoff:
> > Referring to your comment above,I realise it seems to be in the  
> > wrong order but how do you interpret the swishing noise?

ibchawz:
> For all the other AK's where a noise was indicated, it was 
a "rushing 
> sound" and it came after the incantation and the "green light".  
For 
> this one, it was a "swishing noise" that came before the 
incantation 
> and the "green light".  As I see it, there are 2 possibilities.  
First, 
> the "swishing noise" that comes before the incantation could be 
> Pettigrew drawing his wand to the ready position or starting the 
wand 
> movements to cast the spell.  The wand movements for the Wingardium 
> Leviosa spell are "swish and flick".  While we do not have canon 
that 
> suggests what the exact wand movements are for an AK, it is 
possible 
> that a "swish" could be required.  The second option is that JKR is 
not 
> being consistent.  

Geoff:
The problem to me is that however hard you flick a thin, cylindrical 
piece of wood, say 9-12" long, you are not going to produce a really 
noticeable "swish". I can produce a weak sound with a ruler but to 
get a really full-bodied sound, you have to be waving half a plank 
around.....