[HPforGrownups] Malum Blah Blah... Harry using Crucio.

[Kamil]

No: HPFGUIDX 174426

< Alla>
Oh my dear God. I just realised something. This is would do as
addemdum to my previous post, but may as well stand alone.

Who said that you should mean them in the first place? One DE and
another DE, no?

Who said that they were telling the truth. Especially Bella???

<vmonte>
It's the reason why Harry couldn't Crucio Bella in OOTP. He didn't
have enough hatred inside him.

"Never used an Unforgivable Curse before, have you, boy? You need to
mean them, Potter! You need to really cause pain--to enjoy it--
righteous anger won't hurt me for long..." (OP36)

 http://www.hp-lexicon.org/magic/spells/spells_c.html#crucio

<Kamil>
And that is obviously what is true for her, but is it necessarily true
for Harry too?

Yes, he flubs the curse, but in his past he's flubbed lots of spells
the first time he tried them; just ask Professors Flitwick or
MacGonnagal.

I have no doubt Voldemort would want his followers to mean the curses;
if for no other reason than cultivating hatred and casual sadism
wherever possible is just that much fun for him and he's not in the
habit of depriving himself of his desires.

But that doesn't necessarily mean it's true for all who use them.

Kamil