I always wondered why JKR didn't make Not-Moody say that Avada Kedavra was tiring to cast. If it was going to completely obliterate someone's life force, it'd make sense that it might take it out of you! Then we'd understand that DEs would avoid it in the middle of a battle as they'd be weakened for a while. Or something. Otherwise Draco's mad Auntie Bellatrix would have taken out a good 20 people in the last battle before Mrs Weasley got to her.
JKR should also have said that it took different amounts of strength or experience or thought processes for various spells - that just saying the word(s) was just the *beginning* of casting a spell. But she didn't bother - according to her, it really was just a matter of learning words over a matter of time. What nonsense.
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Date: 2008-10-10 09:29 pm (UTC)JKR should also have said that it took different amounts of strength or experience or thought processes for various spells - that just saying the word(s) was just the *beginning* of casting a spell. But she didn't bother - according to her, it really was just a matter of learning words over a matter of time. What nonsense.