[the_old_crowd] Re: The AK that was (or wasn't)

[triner918 at triner2001.yahoo.invalid]

Pip!Squeak wrote:
 
Nope, everything just drops. Sorry. Occasionally they drop in a 
rolling  sort of way, for a bit of variety. But the amazing 
levitating Dumbledore is  - amazing. {g}


That just doesn't fit my mental picture of the AK.  In my head, the  great 
green light hits you and you're instantly dead, but the force of the spell  
lifts Dead You up and flings you to the ground, thus adding further insult to  
injury.  
 
I especially like this thought because of Voldemort.  Haven't you  noticed 
he's rather fond of the theatrical?  Truly, let's check out his  record.  He 
makes a horcrux from his diary, but that's not enough.  He  also makes sure it 
can also be used to reopen the Chamber of Secrets. Not  to mention how very 
chatty he was with Harry in the Chamber.  And then  the whole graveyard scene in 
GoF.  Very theatrical, from the rebodification  spell (what exactly would you 
call that spell, anyway?) to untying Harry and  returning his wand. (Also very 
chatty instead of just takin' care of  business)  Creepy and effective, yes, 
but over the top  theatrics.  Even the protections of the locket horcrux  have 
a  theatrical bent.  Blood sacrifice?  Crude, as Dumbledore said, but  still, 
Voldy is puttin' on a "big shew" for his enemies.   Which leads me to the AK.  
With Tommy Boy's love of the big  and the bold, do you really imagine that 
he'd truly be happy with a  killing curse that just drops his victims where they 
 stand?  Can't you see him wanting to add that extra bit of sadistic  insult 
to the dead?  Yeah, you're dead the second the curse hits you, but  I'm gonna 
throw you to the ground like the piece of trash you are.  
 
I'm guessing that he didn't just AK the Riddles when he showed up at the  big 
house.  They had a look of terror on their faces.  Wanna bet he  played with 
them for a bit, like a cat does a mouse?  A few Crucios,  levitations, 
Imperios, etc.  He scared the heck out of them, then killed  them.
 
In the same vein, I've been thinking that there are probably a lot of ways  
to off someone in the wizarding world.  A Full-Body Bind near a  body of 
water... a well-placed Sectrumsempra (just nail the jugular  with it),  whatever it 
was that Hermione got hit with in the MoM, a  shrinking spell on the collar of 
his robes...I'm sure there's more, but it's  late and I must get to bed 
before I turn into a pumpkin.
 
Trina
 
PS--Did y'all notice that the term "Marauders" for James and Co. made it  
into canon?  
"Maybe the Marauders never knew the room was there," said  Ron.  (Ch 21, p. 
452 US)
 
 


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