Youth Potion/archway to Diagon Alley/Expelliarmus/Grindel Wand/Bins/Reckless

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 181301

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
<catlady at ...> wrote:

> Later I understood that it had nothing to do with leaving a witness,
> but Grindelwald waited because he had to defeat Gregorovitch in 
> order to make the Wand his own. In that case, it seems quite 
> restrained that Grindelwald used Stupefy instead of Avada Kevadra. 
> Why? Did he believe that the local wizarding police had an Avada 
> Kevadra detector in the area? Did he plan that his new empire would
> need good wandmakers such as Gregorovitch? Was he merely reluctant 
> to kill unless neccessary?


zanooda:

I think all three reasons that you gave are plausible. I also believe
that maybe GG didn't mind to "leave a witness" - if people knew he
possessed the unbeatable wand, they would fear him more. However, if
he counted on Gregorovitch to spread the news, he was mistaken. It
seems that Gregorovitch never even found out who the thief was (which
is a little strange, IMO), otherwise he would have told LV.


> Catlady:

> it's pretty reckless to figure that three teen-age students can do 
> something just because Voldemort was able to do it. Even tho' an 
> insider, a former Gringotts goblin, will help him, he should have 
> reflected that he was on track to be a MUCH MORE reckless godfather
> to Teddy than Sirius had been to him, because robbing Gringotts is 
> more reckless than going to Platform 9 3/4 in dog disguise or trying
> to kill Pettigrew single-handed.


zanooda:

I think Harry just didn't have a choice but to do it. Doesn't the word
"reckless" means someone who never takes into consideration the
consequences? It's not someone who just do dangerous stuff, it's
someone who likes to do it, even if there is a safer way. 

I'm just asking here, because I'm not an English speaker :-). What I
mean to say is that Harry chose to rob Gringotts not because he didn't
want to consider the consequences, but because he didn't see any other
way. 

Sirius had a choice when he decided to go after PP himself (and I
completely understand him from the emotional point of view, BTW), but
Harry didn't, IMO. That's why I'm not sure we can call him reckless in
this case. Unless I misunderstand the word "reckless", of course,
which is quite possible :-).