The Killing Curse Doesn't Work Unless You Mean It

When Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was first published before the series concluded, some read this scene and concluded that Snape had been Voldemort's man all along. But Laurie Ervin has a different take on this. She says we're told repeatedly that the killing curse doesn't work unless you mean it. It has no counter curse, but you need full power and intention to kill with it.

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