[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Not a Memory Charm

[Rick H. Kennerly]

No: HPFGUIDX 188011

justcarol67 wrote:
>
> Carol responds:
> I'm not sure about question 1, but question 2 is pretty 
easy. Aside from the fact that such a complicated plan 
would never occur to Harry and he's not as talented as 
Hermione with complex charms (other than the Patronus 
Charm), he still has the Trace on him and can't perform 
magic. The Order has to find a nonmagical way to transport 
the Dursleys at some distance from 4 Privet Drive. (Also,
Hermione probably charmed both her loving and trusting 
parents at once; imagine Harry attempting to charm all 
three magic-phobic Dursleys; Vernon would probably 
> throttle him.)

Rick:
But it's not Harry's plan to get rid of the D's.  The 
whole thing was planned and organized by the OOP--BTW, 
pity the two wizards who were going to spend all that 
time with the Dursleys.  I'd just transfigure them into 
gernsey cattle and set time in a pasture. 

Carol:
> BTW, whatever Hermione performed wasn't a standard 
Memory Charm like those that Lockhart used on his victims 
and the Obliviators routinely used on Muggles. Hermione 
tells Harry in the Muggle cafe on Tottenham Court Road 
that she's never used a Memory Charm before. The spell 
she uses on Rowle and Dolohov is her first attempt at 
Obliviating. (Or JKR somehow forgot about Hermione's 
> Obliviated parents. 

Rick:
I hadn't picked that up.  I'd say a senior moment from 
JKR.  What's amazing is the persistence of memory charms 
vs. other kinds of hexes, charms and spells. Lockhart is 
still in St. Mungo's years later. 

Carol:
> It could be a Flint

Don't understand Flint.
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Rick Kennerly
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