Filius -The Dueling Champion

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 139722

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" <Aisbelmon at h...> wrote:

> Valky:
> ...
> 
> The canons lined up side by side on the Flitty Flitwick's maiden
> voyage are:
> 
> 1. Filius has been known to squeal, titter and burst into tears on
> occasion when Dark Forces are about.
> 
> 2. Filius was rumoured to be a Duelling Champ at a suspiciously
> convenient time for someone who wasn't a duelling champ to be 
> rumoured to be one... :S 
> 
> 3. Filius was chosen over children by MacGonagall (...) to be a
> Messenger rather than a fighter when fighters were clearly needed. 
> 
> 4. Filius PS/SS stone protection was far less ominous and
> frightening than the others....
> 
> It's not well armed really, but at the moment I can't find anything
> solid enough to break the hull.  
> 
>...edited...
> 
> Valky

bboyminn:

Has anyone considered the possibility that Flitwick as a
Competition/Tournement Dueling Champion; more like Fencing as opposed
to real sword fighting? It's relatively easy to fight in a well
controlled non-lethal tournement competition. Plus, he is a very small
target, that's to his advantage in tournement dueling. 

There is certainly nothing in the books to confirm this, but it is
none the less the impression I got from the reference to Flitwicks
dueling skills.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn