Power of the Elder Wand

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 179015

---  "muscatel1988" <cottell at ...> wrote:
>
> ---  "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, but what makes you think there isn't a defense again
> > Expelliarmus? 
> > 
> > I would think a strong shield charm would be enough to block
> > it, but I don't think you can walk around all the time 
> > surrounded by a shield charm. 
> 
> Mus:
> If there were a defence, then why didn't we see anyone use it?
> After all, we see Expelliarmus a lot in the series, and while 
> it can miss..., I don't think we see anything block it except
> the unprecedented weirdness of Priori Incantatem in the 
> graveyard in GoF.
> 

bboyminn:

Well absents doesn't means something doesn't exist. I've never
seen England but I'm pretty sure it's there. One could just
as easily say that we never see refrigerators or the magical
equivalent, in the magic world therefore they don't exist. We
never really see ovens either, yet the magical world is full
of baked goods. No one every goes to the grocery store either,
and since we see no grocery stores, they must not exist. Yet
somehow the still manage to get food.

No, I can't prove a Counter to Expelliarmus exists any more 
that you can prove it does not exist, but I speculate that
it is likely to exist. As to why we haven't seen it, for
the same reason we haven't see the counter to the many other
spells that are cast. If fact, in the duels and battles 
we've seen Expelliarmus is rarely used, not never, but
certainly rarely. 

If fact, in any battle other than the last one, how often
do we see anyone try to block a spell with a Shield Charm? 
Again, it happens very very rarely, because you can't step 
up a blocking maneuver unless you know a spell is coming. 
You can't cast a counter charm or counter defense, unless you
know what is coming. Consequently it is better to duck, or
cast you own offensive spell and hope the other guy misses
and you don't. 

Actually, that was my whole point, the fact that we don't 
see it used doesn't mean it doesn't exist. 

Just passing it along.

Steve/bboyminn