Bathroom scene again WAS: Re:Weasley Family Dynamics/To t...

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Alla:
> To me  the self defense implies that nothing else can be done,  
> period.
> 
Sherrie: 
> -----------------
> Actually, it means the perp couldn't (or didn't try to) think of 
anything  
> else that COULD be done.  A Shield Charm?  Step behind a physical  
barrier?  
> Conjure a mirror?  Expelliarmus?  Stupefy?   Petrificus?  
>  
> Harry had alternatives - he made the worst possible choice.  
("Yo,  C.O. - he 
> threw a spitball at me, so I shanked him!  It was  self-defense!")

Alla:

Actually he was slipping on the floor when he finally used 
Sectusemptra, so I see it as a last desperate attempt to defend 
himself. So I am really not sure how many alternatives he had at 
that point. Step behind a physical barrier? Malfoy could have hit 
him while he was trying to get up first.

Sectusemptra is not the best choice, sure, but I see nothing strange 
that when he is down, he would use the curse that he remembers 
marked for enemies.

Oh, and I would think that spitball is not quite in the same league 
as Unforgivable.

IMO of course.

Alla,

counts to five and dissappears for today.