MOVIE: Comparisons 2

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 191154



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote:
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> Geoff:
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> :-|
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> Two final thoughts. I was surprised when Harry, on a couple of 
> occasions, referred to Voldemort as "He who must not be named" 
> when, in contrast, McGonagall rather tartly tells Flitwick to use 
> his proper name.
> 
> ...
>

Steve:

That was something that bothered me about the book. Not only does using Voldemort's name direct the DE's to your location, but it breaks protective enchantments.

In the books, after Flitwick starts enhancing the protections on the castle, Harry (or someone) uses Voldemort's name which should have undone all of Flitwick and McGonnagall's effort to protect the castle. 

I think the thinking was that Voldemort already knows where we are, so no point in avoiding the name, but I was equally very sure that saying the name also broke protective enchantments, and it seems foolish to have used the name at Hogwarts, a place that, in that moment, needs all the protection it can get. 

Steve/bboyminn