[HPforGrownups] Molly's curse - something other than AK?

Lee Kaiwen leekaiwen at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 28 20:16:58 UTC 2007


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jenanydot blessed us with this gem On 27/07/2007 11:36:

J> we aren't told specifically what curse she uses.

I have stated in other discussions that I guess she uses the AK, but my 
guess is admittedly speculative, based simply on the fact that there has 
been no mention of another killing curse in the Potter canon. You are 
correct that the telltale -- the green flash -- was missing, and that 
the curse is not named. There's the further argument that the AK renders 
its victim instantaneously dead, whereas Bellatrix seems to take a 
second or so to succumb, but that may have simply been literary license 
on JKR's part, to allow the audience to savor the second in which 
Bellatrix realises she has lost.

We'll probably simply have to wait for JKR to clarify the question.

CJ, Taiwan




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