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Memory Charms
Mar. 21st, 2007 09:41 pmHas anyone else noticed that there seems to be a conflict of sorts between CoS and GoF?
It's those Memory Charms. In GoF they seem only to remove the memory of a specific recent event, leaving the rest of the mind more or less intact, whereas in CoS it gives the subject total amnesia—and Lockhart still has no memory in OotP. It doesn't seem to be caused by Ron's malfunctioning wand, either, because Lockhart was planning to tell the Hogwarts staff that Ron and Harry lost their minds at the sight of Ginny's body. And as far as I recall he uses Obliviate, same like in GoF.
Does that mean all Lockhart's victims are going about like stroke patients? Ugh.
So, Flint or not? Any way to reconcile it?
It's those Memory Charms. In GoF they seem only to remove the memory of a specific recent event, leaving the rest of the mind more or less intact, whereas in CoS it gives the subject total amnesia—and Lockhart still has no memory in OotP. It doesn't seem to be caused by Ron's malfunctioning wand, either, because Lockhart was planning to tell the Hogwarts staff that Ron and Harry lost their minds at the sight of Ginny's body. And as far as I recall he uses Obliviate, same like in GoF.
Does that mean all Lockhart's victims are going about like stroke patients? Ugh.
So, Flint or not? Any way to reconcile it?
