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

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 164997

eviljunglechicken: 
So, somehow it is easier to whip out a curse while he is slipping which he
has never attempted (but one that the readers are told he wants to try)
rather than one of the ones he practiced and taught to other students.
Sorry, but I don't follow that reasoning.  

It seems like going with what you are familiar with and are experienced with
would be what would come to mind, especially in a defensive mode.  I'd use
something I knew would protect me.



Sherry now:

I'm the other Sherry on the list.  

Actually, Harry was about to be tortured.  In extreme moments, a person who
knew they were in serious imminent danger of being tortured might reach for
a nearby gun rather than trying to defend himself with his fists!  A person
could  panic and do weird things 
he might not do in another situation.  I am amazed at how it seems to be
that Harry is so bad for trying to defend himself from torture, but Draco is
an innocent victim.  

Sherry