CHAPTER DISCUSSION: Prisoner of Azkaban Chapter 13: Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 190013



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff" <geoffbannister123 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nikkalmati" <puduhepa98@> wrote:
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> Geoff:
> > > Quidditch may be a rough sport but knocking off brooms 
> > > would make it downright lethal. Harry only avoided serious
> > > injury in the Hufflepuff match because Dumbledore intervened
> > > to bring him down gently - even some of the spectators had
> > > feared that he might have been killed.
> 
> Nikkalmati
>  
> > Harry was nearly killed because he was unconscious from the
> > effect of the Dementors.  Most times a wizard would be able
> > to save himself from a fall.
> 
> Geoff:
> I'm inclined to disagree with you. Can you advance any canon 
> evidence for your suggestion?
>


Steve:

As Harry and Hagrid escape in the 'Seven Potters' chapter of 
the last book, Harry's side car breaks away for Hagrid's 
motorcycle and begins to free fall, until Harry perform the
Levitation spell to save himself. 

One assumes if a wizard has a wand, it is pretty hard to die
in an accident. I believe it was even said that Dumbledore 
could have saved himself from the fall from the tower, if he
had had his wand available. Though one would assume under
this circumstance that he had not been hit with a killing
curse. That pretty much overrides everything.

And Hagrid is outraged at the idea that Harry's parent could
have been killed in a car accident. 

Steve/bboyminn