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moses1489
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 1:04 am    Post subject: Voldemort can FLY?????? Reply with quote

I was sort of let down when i finished book 7 and didn't get to find out how Voldemort flies around without broom or thestral.

I mean, wands and magic spells, and things like that are great. But, flying around like Superman without any sort of material... Rowling really pushed it.

What do you guys think about You-Know-Who flying?? Far-fetched or just what you would expect an Evil Dark Wizard to do??
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 1:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's just what i expected.. Nothing more or nothing less.. I loved the 7th book. although the epilogue was a let down.. other then that it was great..

Voldemort flying was awesome!
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

there was a lot that we dont know about volde, he was supposed to be very powerful and its possible that before he was destroyed by baby harry that he was powerful enough to fly.

i mean if you live in a culture that magic is an everyday thing to be considered "powerful" you would have to have some sort of thing that no one else was used to.

throughout the series though he was too weak to do anything until the final book.
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 8:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think flying without a broom, is an unreasonable feat for an accomplished wizard who has practice focusing his abilities and such.

And if you recall:

Spoiler:

Snape could fly, too. And when Lily was little she flew off the swing.


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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It had something to do with the wand. Remember when Harry asked if Snape died during the jump? McGonagol said something like "No he still had his wand on him." Leading me to believe it was a certain spell Voldemort and Snape knew.
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I highly doubt Voldemort flew like Superman, I imagine him flying more like Magneto did in the first X-Men up to the torch at Liberty Island.
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 2:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I imagined it as how it looked like in the 5th movie when theyre all flying through the air as smoke
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Messr. Padfoot wrote:
I imagined it as how it looked like in the 5th movie when theyre all flying through the air as smoke


That's also a good point.
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mistress-mu wrote:
I don't think flying without a broom, is an unreasonable feat for an accomplished wizard who has practice focusing his abilities and such.

And if you recall:

Spoiler:

Snape could fly, too. And when Lily was little she flew off the swing.



wow i had never thought of that. GOod one. that makes sense.
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

word1234 wrote:
It had something to do with the wand. Remember when Harry asked if Snape died during the jump? McGonagol said something like "No he still had his wand on him." Leading me to believe it was a certain spell Voldemort and Snape knew.


welll, no doubt Snape picked it up from Volde. as far as what spelll it was... we can never know for sure. originally i thought a flying charm on his clothes. but then, how could he perform that within seconds before he wanted to take flight.

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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 4:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lily didnt fly she just did a cushioning charm
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PostPosted: August 22, 2007 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

remember he-who-must-not-be-name always pushed magical boundaries whether good or bad.
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PostPosted: August 23, 2007 7:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Voldie had been planing his evil overtake on the wizarding world ssince he found out he was a wizard. It would have been one of the powers he wanted and he would therefore spend his whole life persuing the answer! Think of all that time in albania to research - well wormtail to research!
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PostPosted: August 23, 2007 10:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How far-fetched is it? I think brooms were mentioned to be normal, muggle brooms that were enchanted with flying charms. Why couldn't Voldemort just do that to himself?
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PostPosted: August 23, 2007 11:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jesseschambach11 wrote:
lily didnt fly she just did a cushioning charm


...she let go of the swing at the very height of its arc and flew into the air, launching herself skyward with a great shout of laughter and soared like a trapeze artist...

I'm not sure if that's an exact quote because I don't have my book with me...but it sounds more like flying than merely cushioning one's fall.
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PostPosted: August 23, 2007 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

do not forget voldemort wasnt really human!
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PostPosted: August 23, 2007 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah Lilly did fly a little, but I guess with voldemort its different you know, like flying is something that only powerful wizards can do, cuz remember lilly was very talented in school, beign part of slugh's club and all.
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PostPosted: August 23, 2007 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I dont understand how you could be let down, because in all the books they kept talking about how voldemort was no ordinary wizard. The fact that he was flying did not surprise me one bit.
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PostPosted: August 23, 2007 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i didnt picture lily letting go and soaring around i pictured it like she stay in the air for longer then came down slowly.


i was suprised when voldemort was flying but it didn't disappoint me
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PostPosted: August 24, 2007 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it always made me laugh to picture voldy flying
hey it must be scary in real life... he can get to places faster
but it just made me giggle dont ask why lol
Laughing
so yeah it didnt disappoint me....
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PostPosted: August 24, 2007 1:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I beilieve it was in one of the books when Dumbledore said he didn't need a broom or any object to help him fly.

If Dumbly can do it, why not VoldY?
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PostPosted: August 24, 2007 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe he can fly because he is maaaaaaaagical.
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PostPosted: August 24, 2007 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i wonder if he did something like severus, being an unregistered anamagi or something, because it says he was like a great bat in the distance.
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PostPosted: August 24, 2007 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

thats possible....hmmmm
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PostPosted: August 25, 2007 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But underage witch and wizards are only supposed to be able to do accidental, uncontrolled, inaccurate magic and it was amazing that Tom could control his, surely Lily may have had the some special skills because I don't think she'd be able to use a cushioning curse without a wand.