It's canon actually.Assuming the novel is cannon that is a very huge retcon.
It's canon actually.Assuming the novel is cannon that is a very huge retcon.
Ah, yeah, when put like that molly weasly taking out bellatrix makes no sense at all. Bellatrix was a competent duelist who sort of did that for a living. It'd make sense if bellatrix was taken out by a competent auror, perhaps even two being required wouldn't have been strange, but instead she was taken out by a british soccer (quidditch?) mom fueled by the power of "how dare you lay a finger on my BABYYYYYY".Right? Not to mention outside Remus, Tonks and Mad Eye, the other members just seemed so pathetically scrubby that I didn't even get whether or not they were supposed to take out the Death Eaters. I mean, Sirius loses to Bellatrix....who loses to Molly Weasley? Sirius. who was supposed to be one of the more skilled wizards in the Order. That honestly isn't a good showing for them as a group.
Ugh meanwhile Moody loses offscreen due to mysterious circumstances, Remus and Tonks also die offscreen, these are the people you'd expect to fight Bellatrix. Because honestly? I think she was the strongest Death Eater, and probably the second strongest person in Voldemort's army.Ah, yeah, when put like that molly weasly taking out bellatrix makes no sense at all. Bellatrix was a competent duelist who sort of did that for a living. It'd make sense if bellatrix was taken out by a competent auror, perhaps even two being required wouldn't have been strange, but instead she was taken out by a british soccer (quidditch?) mom fueled by the power of "how dare you lay a finger on my BABYYYYYY".
She definitely was voldemort's second in command IIRC. I guess her being the strongest death eater is debatable though. I would have also taken mcgonagal defeating her but then again she was too busy being awesome in a fourway against voldemort.Ugh meanwhile Moody loses offscreen due to mysterious circumstances, Remus and Tonks also die offscreen, these are the people you'd expect to fight Bellatrix. Because honestly? I think she was the strongest Death Eater, and probably the second strongest person in Voldemort's army.
But who else would you say tied with her? Lucius? Barty Crouch Jr.? Hardly. The only other Death Eater I'd say might possibly be stronger than Bellatrix is Severus, and he defected from the group becoming a double agent, so I don't think ranking him as a Death Eater quite fits.Bellatrix was definitiely Voldemort's second in command. She was truly terrifying, but I don't know if she was the strongest death eater. Maybe she was tied with someone like Fenrir Greyback
I never took fenrir to be THAT powerful TBH. Sure, he was dangerous but the guy was known mostly for viciously infecting people with lycanthropy. At least he doesn't have the feats to back up him being that much of a beast(erh, figuratively). It's been awhile since I read the books but according to the wikia his feats include harry not being able to defeat him during order of the phoenix and then ron and neville being required to beat him. Ron and neville might have been skilled for their age though the series never gave the impression they actually did compare to competent adults dueling wise at that stage. I can't imagine bellatrix being defeated by two teenagers at least. Realistically speaking the series never gave a clear indication of which people were stronger than others in general. We mostly know that wizards with a name were competent but beyond that there was never enough information to make a ranking of any sort. And the wikia is mostly useless because all it tells us is that most adults with names were mostly competent. Add to that that belatrix, whom jk did confirm was voldemorts number 2, was defeated by freaking ms weasley.....Bellatrix was definitiely Voldemort's second in command. She was truly terrifying, but I don't know if she was the strongest death eater. Maybe she was tied with someone like Fenrir Greyback
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No the novel isn't canon.Assuming the novel is cannon that is a very huge retcon.
Yes, other spells can kill if used in that way, but the reason why avada kedrava is an unforgivable spell is because it's INTENT is to kill.Question why is avada kdrava such a big deal as an unforgivable spell? So far as we know it delivers a clean, quick and apparently painless death. So... how is it any worst than any other spell that could kill someone? Granted that its only use is killing but there are plenty of spells that have that same function. Heck, how is what molly did to bellatrix in the movie better or more forgivable than an avada kedrava? The only special thing about it seems to be that it is mostly unblockable and there is no survival rate but I am reasonably sure that could easily apply to most spells. Except perhaps the blockable part.