Curses! Foiled again.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 160804


> JKR:
> > Curses:
> > Reserved for the worst kinds of dark magic.
> 
> Potioncat: 
> > "Connotation of dark magic? Connotation???"  Is there is such a
> > thing as being a little dark? So, now we get to start the 
> > discussion, "What is Dark Magic?" all over again.

Pippin:
I think it's like the old debates about the inconsistent use of
Half-blood. JKR said you have to think about who's using the
term and why, and I think she hinted in her response to
the jinx/hex/curse question that different wizards use the terms 
differently.

In the confab in Dumbledore's office, Umbridge called the
spell on Marietta a hex and Harry thought of it as a jinx. Naturally
Umbridge tried to play down the effect, since she wanted
Marietta to think it wasn't  so bad, while Harry wanted to think
it was serious enough to shut Marietta up, but not so serious that
it was dark magic. 

I think Leglocker Curse is named for its internal alliteration,
not because it's particularly dark. 

Pippin
There are part vampires! There are, there are, there are! ::does
happy dance::