Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Hermione and Memory Charms
Naomi
Sep 24, 2013 03:16PM
In Chapter 9 ("A Place to Hide"), when Hermione, Ron, and Harry are found by Death Eaters in the cafe, they decide to wipe the memories of the Death Eaters. Hermione states that she's never done a memory charm but that she knows the theory. Earlier in the book, in Chapter 6 ("The Ghoul in Pajamas"), she says that she's modified her parents' memories. What's up with the discrepancy?
Hermione modified her parents memories and wiped the Death Eaters' memories. Wiping is different from modifying. For her parents, she didn't wipe away their memory, she just gave them new memories of a different life altogether to replace (or modify) their old memories.
"Hermione thoughtfully protected her parents from Death Eater reprisals by modifying their memories, giving them new names (Wendell and Monica Wilkins), no memory that they once had a daughter, and then relocated them to Australia (DH6)." From the Harry Potter Lexicon
For the Death Eaters', she wiped away memories of any life whatsoever, old or new. That's what I'm thinkin' about the "discrepancy".
"Hermione thoughtfully protected her parents from Death Eater reprisals by modifying their memories, giving them new names (Wendell and Monica Wilkins), no memory that they once had a daughter, and then relocated them to Australia (DH6)." From the Harry Potter Lexicon
For the Death Eaters', she wiped away memories of any life whatsoever, old or new. That's what I'm thinkin' about the "discrepancy".
On Mugglenet, this was pointed out as a mistake in the series. The only other thing I can think up is that the memory spells she used on her parents and on the death eaters were different.
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