[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry, Draco and bathroom.

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 162412

>From: eggplant107 <eggplant107 at hotmail.com>
>I have seen no evidence that the spell Harry used was illegal, but
>even if it was nobody would prosecute a man who used an illegal gun to
>save his life because no jury would convict him. 

Bart:
Bernard Goetz.

Eggplant:
>It's not boasting if it's true.

Bart:
Seems to be nitpicking day for me. It is boasting, even if it's true. On the other hand, boasting is when one uses one's achievements to improve one's reputation; Harry was just trying to give the facts.

Eggplant:
>When Harry only has a split second to make a decision he follows his
>hunches, that is his true skill and the reason he's still alive. But
>forget that, let me ask a different question: Do you think it would
>have made a better story if he hadn't used that spell? I don't.

Bart: 
It's important to differentiate between a "better" story and a "more interesting" story. Certainly, use of the spell made it a more interesting story. However, it's important that stories logically hold together as well as it should have; that is what's being discussed.

Bart