Sectumsempra and the DEs

[Beatrice23]

No: HPFGUIDX 151439

<gelite67 at ...> wrote:
>
> Any theories as to why Harry didn't use Sectumsepmra on the 
DEs at the 
> end of HBP?
> 
> He tried it on the dead bodies in the cave, to no effect, but not 
on 
> the live DEs upon whom, presumably, it would have worked.

Probably for the same reason that he doesn't use avada, 
imperio, or crucio.   It is dark magic .  PERIOD.  One doesn't use 
it on another human being.  Harry is plagued by guilt when he 
does use it on Malfoy and lets face it, if anyone deserves it.... 

He uses it in the cave because he is facing an opponent that is 
not alive so technically it is like blasting away a rock or 
something else.  He uses it out of desperation.  He may be 
angry when battling the DE, but he shows that he has to some 
extent learned to master that enough not to stoop to the level of 
the DE.  

Quite a difference from OotP when he attempts to use  crucio on 
Bellatrix.

Beatrice