Boggart Inconsistency
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deathtocapslockIf I understand PoA correctly, Harry's Dementor-boggart both affects Harry and reacts the way a real Dementor would (magically speaking).
That is, what Harry experiences when confronting his Boggart is the same as what he does when confronting a Dementor: physical cold, hopelessness, loss of consciousness accompanied by access to memories (from where ever) that were previously consciously inaccessible. Moreover, he's told that his Patronus (if he could cast it strongly enough) could keep the Boggart at bay as it would a Dementor.
Say what? Lupin's Boggart is the moon, but he doesn't turn into a werewolf under its rays (or PoA, and the HP series, would have ended much sooner). Seamus's is a banshee, but Lupin doesn't seem worried the kids will all die if it screams.
And Lupin doesn't suggest to anyone else, even as a theoretical consideration, that the Boggart-in-the-shape-of-one's-fear might also possibly be banished or deflected by whatever spell would banish or destroy the feared object--Sectumsempra for Ron's spider, Un-ravel-us for the mummy, Evanescoing the corpse for Mrs. Weasley....
No, it's Riddikulus or nothing. For them, not for Harry.
Anyone come up with a Watsonian way to make this one consistent?
(And, btw, how come when Harry's anti-Dementor lessons with Lupin resulted in no improvement over time, nothing but his feeble patronus repeatedly "draining Harry of energy as he fought to keep it there," he never wondered if Lupin was secretly on Voldemort's side and trying to sabotage the lessons?)
That is, what Harry experiences when confronting his Boggart is the same as what he does when confronting a Dementor: physical cold, hopelessness, loss of consciousness accompanied by access to memories (from where ever) that were previously consciously inaccessible. Moreover, he's told that his Patronus (if he could cast it strongly enough) could keep the Boggart at bay as it would a Dementor.
Say what? Lupin's Boggart is the moon, but he doesn't turn into a werewolf under its rays (or PoA, and the HP series, would have ended much sooner). Seamus's is a banshee, but Lupin doesn't seem worried the kids will all die if it screams.
And Lupin doesn't suggest to anyone else, even as a theoretical consideration, that the Boggart-in-the-shape-of-one's-fear might also possibly be banished or deflected by whatever spell would banish or destroy the feared object--Sectumsempra for Ron's spider, Un-ravel-us for the mummy, Evanescoing the corpse for Mrs. Weasley....
No, it's Riddikulus or nothing. For them, not for Harry.
Anyone come up with a Watsonian way to make this one consistent?
(And, btw, how come when Harry's anti-Dementor lessons with Lupin resulted in no improvement over time, nothing but his feeble patronus repeatedly "draining Harry of energy as he fought to keep it there," he never wondered if Lupin was secretly on Voldemort's side and trying to sabotage the lessons?)
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Date: 2011-11-26 02:18 pm (UTC)Screw that, Rowling's taxonomy would look something like:
Good creatures: Puffskein, Kneazle, and anything that is beneficial to us.
Dark creatures: Anything from Red Caps to Basilisks!
What creatures can breed with one another?
Anything that looks similar or does similar things! Oh, but a Good creature can never mate with a Dark creature because that would create a bubble of negative antimatter and blow up the world!
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Date: 2011-11-28 05:23 pm (UTC)Anything that looks similar or does similar things!
Blast-Ended Skrewts are bred from manticores (lions with scorpion tails and human heads) and Fire Crabs (fire-breathing tortoises with jewelled shells).
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Date: 2011-11-28 10:04 pm (UTC)