Battle Tactics... (was: Re: How can you kill a wizard? )

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 166008

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

> For example, in the movies the good guy knocks out the bad
> guy, but never takes the bad guys weapon away. I guess we
> are just suppose to assume that when a good guy knocks you
> out, you politely stay knock out of the duration of the 
> battle. So, to the point, why in the Ministry of Magic -
> Dept of Mysteries battle did Harry and friends not take
> the DE's wands away from them once those DE's had been 
> cursed and disabled? Enquiring minds want to know. 

Pippin:
Where in the Ministry battle do you see an opportunity to do this?

By my reading, the only Death Eater whom they could have
despoiled of his wand is Babyhead, but it wouldn't have
been safe to approach him (remember the toddler who
swelled the slug in GoF?) nor right to hurt a baby.

Other DE's are stunned or paralyzed during the fight, but
there's always some distraction that would keep our heroes
from going after the wands. 

There's still the question of why JKR wrote the scenes this
way.  She might have  her reasons for not wanting to draw 
our attention to  the question of whether any of those present 
could do curses without their wands.


Pippin