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[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 185362

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie"
<sistermagpie at ...> wrote:

> Harry only tried a Crucio once before, didn't he?


zanooda:

He tried it for the second time on Snape, but, as Snape blocked the
curse, there is no way to know if it would have been successful.


> sistermagpie wrote: 

> Especially since it's not like Draco was particularly 
> known for Crucio either. On the contrary, in the same book Harry 
> glimpses him being ordered to torture and not enjoying it at all.


zanooda:

I don't think it matters much that Draco didn't like crucio'ing
people. The point is, he did it - I suppose not only once, when Harry
witnessed him torturing Rowle on LV's orders, but also at school (even
though he didn't enjoy doing it, like Crabbe and Goyle). 

I'm still not sure if we should consider "The Tales of Beedle the
Bard" canon, but DD says in his comments that "wands do indeed absorb
the expertise of those who use them". He says that even a Muggle can
do magic (uncontrollable magic, of course) if he uses a real magic
wand, because of some residual magical power that it holds.

Doesn't it all mean that wands somehow "remember" spells their masters
use? Draco's wand would remember "Crucio", which would make it easier
for Harry to cast it successfully. Mind you, I'm not saying it's true
:-). I'm just saying it's possible :-).