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[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 185367


> Carol responds:
 I think we should
> at least consider that possibility rather than dismissing it out of
> hand, and not as an excuse for Harry's behavior so much as an
> explanation for what is otherwise hard to comprehend (Harry Potter
> willingly and successfully using Unforgiveable Curses).

Potioncat:
Somewhere, there is an interview with JKR, in which she says she wanted 
it clear that Harry could perform the Unforgivables. So we would 
understand at some point, he was choosing not to cast them.

I was going to make the point that the wand had nothing to do with it--
but that's not necessarily the case. Having a wand that would obey the 
spell might have been a big help in casting them.