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Posts: 195 · Joined: Oct 19, 2007 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 195

oh i know...i'm still working on a way to fight it though.
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Posts: 163 · Joined: Nov 8, 2007 Location: Carn Dum Posts: 163

Apparently, you can block it. In GOF, it blew up a headstone without killing Harry, and it can be deflected by other spells colliding with it. Also, no one seems to think of attempting to dodge, it would be easy enough.[/spoiler]

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Posts: 856 · Posted: November 13, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject:

^I agree with the bullet theory. Possible but not probable to happen very often.
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Posts: 703 · Joined: Oct 14, 2007 Location: monterey, ca Posts: 703

i wonder if you could target a specific spot to kill? like "kill" someones hands so they coulnt use their wand like frost bite or something
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Posts: 46 · Joined: Nov 22, 2007 Posts: 46

You have to mean them.

I guess if you "mean it" enough, the spell will never miss.

I don't really know, though.

Posts: 10072 · Posted: November 24, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject:

remember what bellatrix said, too. she said you had to mean it, like full on mean it otherwise there would be no point, right?
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Posts: 1580 · Joined: Sep 28, 2007 Location: In the Museum Posts: 1580

In the fourth It hit Cedric In the Groin
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Posts: 1760 · Posted: November 25, 2007 1:44 pm Post subject:

Okay in Harry's case it was diffrent but with anyone else-If it touches you no matter what, you have no chance, drop dead, your a gonner, good-bye, you die - I think you get the picture. And we mostly all agree that you will die if it even skims your finger/or at the lightest touch. And you have to partly mean it. It is a Killing Curse after all.... Cool

Posts: 66 · Posted: November 25, 2007 9:22 pm Post subject:

Almost all curses don't really work if you don't mean it lol. Then what's the point of even using the curse?

Let's say that the killing curse works even if the user doesn't mean to kill and the victim dies. It would be hilarious seeing the user go up to the dead body saying I'm sorry.

As the spell hits, I get the impression that its something like an electric current that starts from the point where it hits and spreading over the whole body. Therefore, the curswe actually hits the whole body, thus the victim dies.
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Posts: 14 · Joined: Oct 31, 2007 Posts: 14

Do you think Harry is powerfull enough to preform the Avada Kedavra.
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Posts: 28238 · Posted: November 30, 2007 12:57 am Post subject: Re: Harry Potter

Posts: 66 · Posted: November 30, 2007 9:02 am Post subject:

^ Totally agree. He can't mean it. Even if he tried, he wouldn't do it.
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Posts: 2 · Joined: Nov 29, 2007 Location: Brazil Posts: 2

I agree with the remote control theory...
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Posts: 25 · Joined: Dec 1, 2007 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 25

I've also been wondering...What if the wizard isn't strong enough, or a powerul enough wizard, and the spell isn't right when they say it and it hits a person, would the person die, or survive? With the other unforgivable curses, you have to really mean them or they don't have the full effect. What is the killing curse isn't strong enough to kill someone?
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Posts: 195 · Joined: Oct 19, 2007 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 195

personally, i am really not a fan of avada kadavra.
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Posts: 195 · Joined: Oct 19, 2007 Location: Hogwarts Posts: 195

the thing is, if you get a sinister enough person, its just an easy solution. it doesn't cost you any energy, it is unblockable and it kills. basically, all adults can use this curse. Put simply, i'm a person that prefers swords to guns, they take more skill.
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Posts: 583 · Joined: Dec 12, 2007 Location: Hogsmeade Posts: 583

(It's spelt Avada Kedavra)

But I agree, as long as it touches you, you're gone.
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Posts: 16 · Joined: Dec 16, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 16

So if you don't "mean it" the person won't die? Then if it hits someone else by accident (like in a massive battle) would they die, if you didn't mean it to be them who died?

Posts: 28238 · Posted: December 16, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject:

Posts: 583 · Joined: Dec 12, 2007 Location: Hogsmeade Posts: 583

It kills as soon as it touches you. Protego only weakens the spell though, I think.
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