Severus's memories and schoolyard curses (Was: Huge overreactions .. . .)

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 150339

Carol:

> > Does anyone *really* think that he sang
> > that countercurse to stop James's bleeding or that the bleeding 
> could
> > have been stopped in any other way if it really was Sectum
> > Sempra--"cut *always*"?)


Ceridwen:

> I've been thinking about the meaning of Sectum Sempra.  'Cut 
> always'.  I don't see that as meaning that the cut, or its scar, 
> remains always, as Bill's werewolf scars apparently will.  I see it 
> as a guarantee that Sectum Sempra will always cut, without fail.  It 
> certainly worked for Harry the very first time!

houyhnhnm:

I took it to mean that the curse continues to cut, which would go
along with the copious bleeding, not that it leaves a permanent scar
or that it means cut without fail. Compare to Rictus Sempra, a curse
that leaves its receivers unable to stop laughing.  Too bad we don't
know the name of the curse on the book that its victim couldn't stop
reading.