Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:21 pm
I really do like Order of the Phoenix the most.... too bad there's no way they're going to compress the book into a decent movie... well I hope they at least do the Ministry of Magic justice.
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I'd imagine the power of a spell doesn't necessarily depend on whether it's verbal or not -- I think a person could make a non-verbal spell really powerful if they concentrated all their magic into it, while verbally it's probably easier to concentrate your magic, but it'd be entirely possible to make a verbal spell weaker than a non-verbal spell. So, short answer... sometimes? lol.If you did a non-verbal spell, would it be more powerful or less powerful than if you said it verbally?
Also, do you think it would be possible to say one spell out loud but do a different spell at the same time non-verbally?
I actually didn't phrase the second question the way I thought i did...I meant to ask if it were possible to just do the non-verbal spell but say a different spell (but not do that one). So...if someone were to say Avada Kedavra out loud, but do Impedimenta non-verbally. So that way, only the Impedimenta would work...I guess it wold be to sort of confuse the other person, so they don't know what spell you're doing. Does that make sense?I'd imagine the power of a spell doesn't necessarily depend on whether it's verbal or not -- I think a person could make a non-verbal spell really powerful if they concentrated all their magic into it, while verbally it's probably easier to concentrate your magic, but it'd be entirely possible to make a verbal spell weaker than a non-verbal spell. So, short answer... sometimes? lol.If you did a non-verbal spell, would it be more powerful or less powerful than if you said it verbally?
Also, do you think it would be possible to say one spell out loud but do a different spell at the same time non-verbally?
I don't think it would be possible to do two spells at a time -- in very quick succession, yes, but I think to make a spell work you've got to concentrate on it enough to not concentrate on something else. Does that make sense?
Ah, sorry. Hm, that is a good question. My guess would be yes, especially if you've practiced the spell so much that you can say it without thinking consciously about the words.I actually didn't phrase the second question the way I thought i did...I meant to ask if it were possible to just do the non-verbal spell but say a different spell (but not do that one). So...if someone were to say Avada Kedavra out loud, but do Impedimenta non-verbally. So that way, only the Impedimenta would work...I guess it wold be to sort of confuse the other person, so they don't know what spell you're doing. Does that make sense?
this is, again, a misquote. see my previous post.• Snape tells his first year potions class that he can teach them to “put a stopper to deathâ€
i've lent my copy of the 6th book to a friend, but i'm pretty sure this is canon. if not, i'm willing to make this assumption.• Snape and Lily were both in Slughorn’s Slug Club
a popular theory. not sure where i stand on it just yet. but there is some textual evience to support it. it's a fairly logical conclusion.• Lily was beautiful, Snape had secret feelings for her
if he loved her, that's quite possible.• Snape was mad that Lily married James
yes. canon.• Snape overheard only part of the prophecy and reported to Voldemort
• Snape pleaded for Lily’s life but didn’t mind if Voldemort killed James
i've always interpreted that as "couldn't really be bothered" as opposed to "didn't want." it's a subtle difference, but if he didn't initially intend to kill her, it's not because he'd rather she lived. it's because he had another goal to focus on.• Voldemort didn’t want to kill Lily, hence the, “step aside, there’s no need for you to die†etc...
i do agree with you here. this scene is one of many that supports the Snape is Good theory, to which i certainly subscribe.• Snape really is on the good side, proof of this is when Snape hesitates to agree to the third clause of the unbreakable vow in HBP, he must finish Draco’s task if Draco is unable to...
canon, canon, and canon with supported interpretation.• Snape tells Dumbledore about the unbreakable vow between him and Malfoy
• Snape is investigating to people in Slytherin, finds out when Malfoy is planning on springing his attack
• Snape tells Dumbledore he doesn’t want to “do it any moreâ€, "do it any more" referring to the unbreakable vow/finish Draco's task
canon, canon, canon• Dumbledore and harry go to the cave
• Dumbledore drinks potion to get locket
• Harry and Dumbledore land and Dumbledore stuns Harry
canon, and i agree with your interpretation, except for the "before the spell wears off" bit. i'm pretty sure the spell can't wear off unless it's caster dies. it must be lifted. or broken. but i don't believe it wears off. *wishes she had books with her*• Dumbledore pleads with Severus, it sounds as if he’s pleading for his life, but he is actually asking Severus to pretend to kill him before the petrificus totalus on harry wears off
here's where most of your creativity comes in. unfortunately, i still believe it's fruitless. we have never seen an example of this in the text before, and JKR is meticulous about planting things far in advance. this is altogether too Deus Ex Machina.• Snape non-verbally does a spell that shoots a green light but knocks Dumbledore off the tower (similar to Impedimenta?) while saying Avada Kedavra (see the previous two posts for an explanation of how that would work)
i don't have my book so i can't contradict you, but i'd be wary to hang my theory on this one detail.• In all other scenes with the Killing Curse, it made people drop dead, not blast backwards, therefore proof that Dumbledore might not be dead
i seriously doubt this is the reason for the retreat.• Snape tells the other Death Eaters to leave quickly in case they find out Dumbledore is still alive
this cheapens death. i agree with you that Dumbledore must be dead in order for Harry to have his final showdown with Voldemort. but this fake death thing is cheap, it's harmful to the characters emotionally, and Dumbledore has already exhausted his purpose within the story. he has done what he can for Harry. if he were to live, his existence would be robbed of meaning. (this is, of course, getting into symbolic-talk here. not literal).• Hagrid places Dumbledore’s body on the unlit pyre, they light it, Harry thinks he sees a phoenix fly into the sky
• Dumbledore is actually an animagus, he turns into a phoenix and flies away