[HPforGrownups] Snape's AK

[TrekkieGrrrl]

No: HPFGUIDX 140629

From: "strawberryshaunie" <strawberryshaunie at yahoo.ca>

> I noticed something while reading CoS that doesn't seem to have been
> pointed out. In the duelling Club scene, Snape uses Expelliarmus on
> Lockhart, *blasting him off his feet* (and into the air, slamming him
> into a tapestry or some such, if I'm remembering correctly). At the
> time, it seemed a demonstration of Snape's power: it seems a mere
> disarming spell, performed with enough drive, perhaps enough magical
> power behind it is enough to blast a foe away. This is almost exactly
> like Snape's AK in the tower situation. I think this is evidence that
> the AK was legit. A spell can produce extra effects, whether it's
> because of the magical power of the spell caster, or the level of
> concentration on the three D's or some other side effect that has yet
> to be explained.

To me, that just confirms my own theory (and I know I'm not alone in 
subscribing to that) that Snape cast a non-verbal Expelliarmus (or something 
similar) simultaniously with his (non-working) AK.

Whenever a PROPER AK has been cast, people just drop dead. The do *not* fly 
into the air. But we have seen an Expelliarmus have that "throwing through 
the air" effect in the Shrieking Shack too, when Snape is knocked out.

So I'm still convinced that Snape did NOT cast a *working* AK against 
Dumbledore. Whether or not he killed him is a moot point. Personally I think 
Dumbledore was allready dead (or as close to dead that it didn't really 
matter) fromt he Horcrux potion when Snape threw him from the tower. He just 
needed it to look like he had indeed AK'ed Dumbledore in order to keep his 
cover with the DE's and get close to Voldemort.

~Trekkie