And, I skimmed a lot so I don't know if it's been talked about, but could Snape have used a nonverbal protection curse/hex to protect DD from the Killing curse? It was a "thing" and nothing again.
And why wasn't Harry able to move until DD "died" ?
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Aims - Jul 26, 2005 2:32:46 pm PDT #8582 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Kathy A - Jul 26, 2005 2:37:50 pm PDT #8583 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
But is there anything that protects against Avada Kedavra, other than the blood magic that Lily used for Harry? Oh, and Dumbledore had cast an unspoken Petrificus Totalis (or something similar) on Harry before Draco disarmed him, and the spell only lasted as long as DD did. As soon as he died, so did the spell.
And I have just tried every single Borders, Barnes and Noble, Waldenbooks, and independent bookstore in the area around both work and my apartment, and nobody had "Sorcery and Cecelia" in stock! Grr...time to order from Amazon.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2005 2:38:38 pm PDT #8584 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For the first: it'd be nice if that setup paid off, wouldn't it? It was such a big deal, and then nothing. I'd thought that Harry would use one when paralysed, but now I'm thinking most of them had hand gestures too.
As for the second point -- because it was AD that froze him, and it broke when he died. However, since we didn't hear it being cast, maybe that was the non-verbal spell payoff?
Aims - Jul 26, 2005 2:42:20 pm PDT #8585 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Thanks, Kathy and ita, I missed that. Must steal book from husband and reread.
Did DD cast the Petrificus Totalis so that Harry wouldn't kill Snape or Draco ?
JZ - Jul 26, 2005 2:43:07 pm PDT #8586 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Kathy, I have a copy you could borrow if you want to email your physical address to my profile addy.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2005 2:44:29 pm PDT #8587 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think so, Aimée.
Aims - Jul 26, 2005 2:45:22 pm PDT #8588 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Because DD knew the plan and stuff.
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Kathy A - Jul 26, 2005 2:46:04 pm PDT #8589 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
IMO, yes. Dumbledore had to know that he was weak and/or dying from the potion he drank (look at the effort it took him to remain standing), and he'd been asking Harry to take him to Snape, not Pomfrey, ever since they returned to Hogsmeade. I'm thinking that he knew there was only one end to the evening for him, and he wanted Snape to benefit from his death--killing DD is going to add to his cachet amongst the DEs--as well as protect Draco from such a drastic action. The fact that Draco couldn't kill him when he had the chance supports DD's faith in both him and Snape.
§ ita § - Jul 26, 2005 2:46:55 pm PDT #8590 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I hate faith.
That doesn't make me a bad person, does it?
Aims - Jul 26, 2005 2:47:29 pm PDT #8591 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Death Eater.