I think there are certain boundaries one ought not to cross, what, and I think Professor Dolohov is bally well uncommonly clever at making it seem as if crossing those lines is reasonable and all part of an academic exercise. I suspect he has deliberately been as charming as possible so far and that he plans to capitalise on his students' affection for him as a stimulating professor and one who presents his topic in a riveting, dynamic fashion, so that when he gets round to teaching the truly diabolical magic, his students have been lulled into believing it shan't do any harm to test one's skills, or that pleasing him and earning good marks are more important than considering the consequences of performing the spells as he is teaching them.
Hydra can't help that she's a legilimens. But I can jolly well show the restraint and good sense not to cast spells that will cause irreparable harm. Professor Dolohov told us this year that one must always exhibit that restraint, what, but when faced with us in the guise of enemies, he showed no mercy. Only his realisation that we were his students stayed his hand--and only the fact that they wanted to save the intruders for questioning led him to cast incapacitating spells. Even at that, he nearly killed Sally-Anne, what? I believe that if he hadn't concluded we were saving Mr Selwyn's children, he would certainly have come back to find out why we were there. And he bally well might not have scrupled against using more dark magic to force us to answer, if necessary, despite being his students.
So, no, thank you. I for one shall very happily forego his brand of magic. I'm certain the Order have alternatives that are just as effective but nowhere near as vicious, what.
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I think there are certain boundaries one ought not to cross, what, and I think Professor Dolohov is bally well uncommonly clever at making it seem as if crossing those lines is reasonable and all part of an academic exercise. I suspect he has deliberately been as charming as possible so far and that he plans to capitalise on his students' affection for him as a stimulating professor and one who presents his topic in a riveting, dynamic fashion, so that when he gets round to teaching the truly diabolical magic, his students have been lulled into believing it shan't do any harm to test one's skills, or that pleasing him and earning good marks are more important than considering the consequences of performing the spells as he is teaching them.
Hydra can't help that she's a legilimens. But I can jolly well show the restraint and good sense not to cast spells that will cause irreparable harm. Professor Dolohov told us this year that one must always exhibit that restraint, what, but when faced with us in the guise of enemies, he showed no mercy. Only his realisation that we were his students stayed his hand--and only the fact that they wanted to save the intruders for questioning led him to cast incapacitating spells. Even at that, he nearly killed Sally-Anne, what? I believe that if he hadn't concluded we were saving Mr Selwyn's children, he would certainly have come back to find out why we were there. And he bally well might not have scrupled against using more dark magic to force us to answer, if necessary, despite being his students.
So, no, thank you. I for one shall very happily forego his brand of magic. I'm certain the Order have alternatives that are just as effective but nowhere near as vicious, what.
Cheers,
-Justin