CHAPDISC: DH20, Xenophilius Lovegood

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No: HPFGUIDX 182915


> Carol responds:

> The types of new magic that I found most irritating were Hermione's
> protective spells. why would anyone resort to a Fidelius Charm, which
> can be broken by a faithless Secret Keeper or weakened by the death of
> the SK, when the spells that Hermione casts provide such good
> protection that not even Ron can find Harry and Hermione. They're
> perfectly protected from DEs and Snatchers until Harry blows
> everything by breaking the Taboo. And yet adult Wizards like Ted Tonks
> and Slughorn's protege Dirk Cresswell are found and killed (and the
> kids can overhear them because they've never heard of
> Muffliato--evidently Severus Snape never let that one become
> popular--or Ted Tonks and Dirk Cresswell left school before he did).
And how about Salvia Hexia and Protego Totalum and
> whatever that spell was that had the Latin word for "enemy" in it?
> Hermione knows those spells but the older wizards don't? I find that
> disturbing, at the very least.
> 


MusicalBetsy here:
This actually did not bother me at all.  I personally can envision
Hermione burying her head in every book she can find about protective
spells, until she's found many that most wizards/witches don't know,
and then practicing them until she's got them perfectly down.  Most
wizards aren't going to go to the trouble to really research them as
thoroughly as Hermione - or maybe they didn't have time to research
them until it's too late, and they have to flee.  Although, you'd
think she would have done more research on healing!