[HPforGrownups] Re: Blowing his cover

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 181480

Jayne blessed us with this gem On 12/02/2008 04:13:

> In this instance I agreed with Lupin that he was too nice
> and should have used an unforgivable curse as Stan could really have
> been a death eater and killed Harry.

Since wandless magic is almost unheard of in the WW, it follows that a 
wandless wizard is an impotent wizard. Assuming your objective is the 
removal of a threat -- say, the threat posed by Stan Shunpike -- then a 
UC is no more effective than a well-placed Expelliarmus. Less, in fact. 
Since there's no guarantee a Cruciated wizard will drop his wand, the 
Cruciatus would be effective only so long as it is held; once the 
Cruciating stops, the threat returns. Harry was on the run and had no 
time to hold Stan in a Cruciatus.

Further, Harry had never successfully performed a UC. He was, 
conversely, quite adept at Disarming. It would be foolish for him in a 
crisis moment to abandon a spell he had used effectively on so many 
occasions for one which he had never successfully cast, particularly 
when there was no clear advantage for him to do so.

Lupin's logic makes no sense.

CJ