Curses and non-descriptions (was: DDM!Snape clue)

[Miles]

No: HPFGUIDX 148538

> Neri:
> So are you saying that Snape shot both curses from nowhere? And Harry
> never wondered who was breaking a trail for him? I could perhaps
> accept it for the second one, especially if the text would have said
> something like "somebody shouted `Petrificus Totalus!'". But as for
> the first, Snape would have to shoot it from the bottom of the tower
> past the other DEs (he and Malfoy are the first to go down) and while
> shouting the curse out loud. I can't see how he would avoid detection.

Miles:
And for the second:
"(Harry) heard the hatred voice shout, 'It's over, time to go!' and saw
Snape disappearing...
(HBP 28)

So he recognised Snape's voice only seconds before the second "Petrificus
totalus!" and doesn't recognise it then? No, really not.

But just a small idea (I'm sure I'm not the first to have it, but I haven't
read it before): Could it be an older Harry who tells us the story, adding
some parts he was told later? If so, he could just cut some things he only
understood later or not by himself. This would either explain the story told
from Harry's PoV and the increments of his PoV as well.
*If* Harry will succeed and survive, than he possibly wants to tell the
story years later, because there are so many rumours and legends concerning
"The Chosen One".
To bring it back to this discussion: the question whether Rowling cheats
would be the same, but she could use Harry as an excuse for several blurs.

Just a thought, I'm far from sure that Harry *will* survive the last book.

Miles