DH reread CH 30

[mcrudele78]

No: HPFGUIDX 187582

> > Alla:

> > Flitwick strengthens the Hogwarts protective charms here, yes?
> > <snip>

> Carol responds:
> 
> What *I* don't understand is why he would need to provide
> additional spells when Hogwarts is protected, according to Snape,
> by all sorts of ancient spells (which have, till now, prevented
> any deaths in Hogwarts or its grounds other than Moaning Myrtle's)
> <snip>


Mike, responding to a really old thread:

I don't think Flitwick was conjuring *defensive* spells (or protective spells, if you will), I thought Flitwick was going offensive. It seemed to me that he was putting spells out there that would attack the DEs not merely repel them. 

I admit myself disappointed in the handling of Flitwick. With him being set up as a dueling champion of yore (admittedly, a student rumor in CoS) and expecting any Hogwarts professor to be a reasonably powerful wizard, I was expecting to see more out of Flitwick. In this scene he seems to be conjuring the forces of nature, but nothing seems to come of it. You just knew McGonnagall's desks were going to get into the fight, but where did we see Flitwick's wind topple a giant, say?

Not having the books to hand, were we told that Moaning Myrtle was the first and only death at Hogwarts since its formation? This seems a little far-fetched, especially considering when Hogwarts began there must have been a lot of experimenting and uncontrolled magic floating around the WW.

Mike, who finally got his home internet back last night but will be re-starting school Aug 31, ack!