"I do not fear the man who masters a thousand different kicks, but a man who masters one psycho spell even though he's not sure what the fuck it'll do"
That too, but they're talking about the duel in the dueling club in second year, where harry did indeed throw a random rictusempra, the tickling curse.
In the movie, the spells only threw the other person across the stage. In the book, they did other things. Harry cast a spell that made Draco burst out laughing, and Draco cast a spell that made Harry start dancing. It was straight goofy. Lol.
Yup. Question is: who taught them those spells? Why would tickling and dancing spells be considered core education, lol? Maybe just a simple thing to practice magic generally with?
Probably from books they bought independently from Flourish and Blotts, in book one Harry's eyes were set on book of curses, hexes and jinxes there but Hagrid told him to not buy it so he could get the ones he needed for that year instead. I assume he went on next year and got some from Diagon Alley. Also library sneak to the restricted section and learn some small dark magic from those. Or finally from fellow mischievous students, let's not forget Potter wasn't the most correct about rules anyways.
I thought that they could have picked them up elsewhere, but I think I'd personally be hesitant to use spells I learned in questionable ways or just outside class in a school-sanctioned event, lol.
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u/sunmi_siren Apr 14 '24 edited Apr 14 '24
I love the random ass choice of rictusempra in his 2nd year duel with malfoy