DDM!Snape & the UV

[kiricat4001]

No: HPFGUIDX 149894

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <>

As for this "minor" task facing Snape of handling Draco, Fenrir & 
> two ostensibly "lesser" DEs... um... let's just think about how long 
> it takes to cast a spell.  Snape would have to freeze *two* people, 
> which would mean casting *two* separate spells, and even if he 
> managed to cast them non-verbally, it'd probably become obvious that 
> he'd done something to Draco & Fenrir, which means the DEs might 
> turn on him.  Even if they did not, he still then would have to turn 
> on & kill *two* DEs.  How is he supposed to cast the first three 
> spells without the other DE shouting out "Avada Kedavra" or even 
> just "Expelliarmus" in the meantime?
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan
>

Well, why not just cast a non-verbal "Expelliarmus" against everyone 
and collect their wands?  Lupin does it in PoA - saying the spell out 
loud only one time and neatly collecting 3 wands. The implication in 
how this was done in PoA suggests that the caster does not have to 
point to each wand or wizard individually to disarm them.

Surely Snape could say it non-verbally and have it work, even if he 
had to repeat the command. He would have had an element of surprise as 
the DEs wouldn't expect him to disarm them.  I mean, this is Snape, 
right? The guy who can cast a nonverbal, non-AK while shouting a fake 
AK after having had a quick Legilimanistic(!) conversation with the 
dying Dumbledore ;-)

Marianne