Wandlore and more

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 185396

> a_svirn:
> > Concerning this thorny question of the wand-lore, there is 
another 
> > thing I don't understand – the universal disdain for the 
> > Expeliarmus. So much so, that it became Harry's "signature move" 
as 
> > Lupin put it. At least stun if you are too soft to kill, don't do
> > such over-polite stuff like disarming people, he admonished. All 
> > serious people in the books don't bother with disarming; the only
> > ones who ever did so were Snape, the Trio and Draco. 
> 
> Jen: That moment struck me as more about Harry than magical skill, 
> highlighting why he's different, that he's not a warrior by nature 
or 
> instinct and won't depend on magical power in the clutch like 
others 
> have to do.  Also, Lupin is JKR's warrior guy starting in OOTP so 
> he's carrying out his jaded role as the one who must inform the 
Trio 
> about things They Don't Understand.  Harry's beyond Lupin's 
teaching 
> by DH though. 

Magpie:
What's non-warrior like about disarming your opponent? Warriors 
aren't about magical power, they'd just be about defeating the person 
and I'd think expelliarimus would be used all the time. And Lupin 
himself is never much connected to encouraging magical power that I 
remember. He just kind of randomly says it in this one scene where 
yeah, he does get put in this humiliating role of being lectured by 
Harry.

Of course, Harry's decision to torture Amycus in the end kind of 
undermines the idea that Harry's just by nature or instinct more 
peaceful. So he apparently wasn't beyond Lupin's advice there.

-m