Snape didn't make the Unbreakable Vow

zanooda2 zanooda2 at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 19 23:13:41 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 161703

Shelley wrote: 
 
> I doubt very much that the wand can only work if you use your 
> dominant hand, and that holding it with your off hand in time of 
> need somehow dispels all that ability that you possess as a 
> wizard, so I think your theory doesn't hold up. If we need Cannon 
> to support this, wasn't there scenes in the MOM where Neville held 
> his  wand in his off hand when he was injured? I don't have my book 
> in front of me, but it seems to me there is at least one scene 
> where a wizard is forced to use their off hand due to injury.


zanooda:

I don't remember this about Neville, but I can give you at least one 
example when magic is done by a wand in an off hand. Remember, when 
DD had to cut his hand so that he and Harry could enter the cave? He 
cut "the forearm of his injured hand" ("The cave", p. 559 US 
hardcover), which is his right(wand) hand. On the next page DD heals 
the wound by "passing the tip of his wand over the deep cut...". To 
heal the wound on his right (wand) hand he only could hold the wand 
in his left (off) hand. Hope it helps.






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