Timeline for In The Battle of Hogwarts, why didn't the Mandrakes do more damage?
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| Apr 22, 2022 at 6:18 | history | edited | fez | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 21, 2016 at 18:12 | vote | accept | Au101 | ||
| Nov 3, 2015 at 21:44 | comment | added | Perkins | Add to this the fact that Neville shouted out the plan to Harry, which, if overheard, would have given the Deatheaters a chance to protect themselves. | |
| Nov 3, 2015 at 19:31 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | Yeah, I'm pretty sure those would have to be magical ear muffs, because no mundane ear muffs are that good at blocking sound. The same could be true of the wax, and the greenhouse walls. In fact if one were designing a greenhouse to house mandrakes, one would think that'd be a requirement for basic safety reasons. | |
| Nov 3, 2015 at 16:58 | comment | added | Au101 | @JonHanna That is a fair point. However, in CoS the earmuffs are said to block out all sound and, when her students are wearing them, Professor Sprout has to communicate through gestures, as nothing else can be heard. On the other hand, the greenhouse walls are presumably enough to protect passers-by. | |
| Nov 3, 2015 at 15:55 | comment | added | Jon Hanna | @DarrelHoffman In the original lore, stopping one's ears with wax and persuading a dog leashed to the mandrake to run (hence pulling it up) sufficed to quieten the mandrake to a completely non-harmful level (for you, the dog was said to fair less well). In Rowling's take on it, mere ear-muffs were enough. It would seem that the lethal quality is not based on volume alone, nor are they necessarily very loud. | |
| Nov 3, 2015 at 15:38 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | What exactly is it about the Mandrake screams that is inherently lethal? If they knock out or kill based on sheer volume alone, then presumably the sound they make must be quite loud - louder than any battle sounds for certain. Battles might be noisy, but nobody was ever killed just by the sound of battle... | |
| Nov 3, 2015 at 3:07 | history | edited | E. J. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 3, 2015 at 1:41 | history | edited | E. J. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 3, 2015 at 1:30 | comment | added | E. J. | Good point--I edited #3. | |
| Nov 3, 2015 at 1:29 | history | edited | E. J. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 3, 2015 at 1:27 | comment | added | Au101 | Personally I'm not sure I agree with 1, or 2, (although, with 2, I think the general point that Voldemort's army was likely relatively large is sound). There are enough good points here for a +1 though and I really like point 4, which I think is your strongest. Point 3, though, I think is not correct "He was roused by Professor Sprout, who was thundering past followed by Neville and half a dozen others, all of them wearing earmuffs and carrying what appeared to be large potted plants". The general point of lack of ammo, however, may very will still hold up :) | |
| Nov 3, 2015 at 1:22 | history | answered | E. J. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |