One True Hero and Hero By Committee - LONG (Was: Re: WHo needs Harry?)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 182382


> 
> zgirnius:
> If Vincent Crabbe could cast Fiendfyre, I don't care how scared 
> Hermione is of it. An Albus Dumbledore or a Severus Snape (not an 
> exhaustive list, just two people who must have the skills) could use 
> it to destroy a Horcrux/Horcruxes. 

Pippin:
But would that be wise?
I think the name is to be taken literally. IMO,  fiendfyre summons the
fiery fiends (probably  Luna's heliopaths) which Harry saw in the RoR,
but does not give the caster any power to control or dismiss them.
Though there must be some way to contain them or the WW would have had
a China syndrome accident by now, it may be more luck than skill that
they haven't. It's conceivable that there are deadlier things than
Voldemort and a fiendfyre meltdown could easily be one of them. 

Pippin