That’s a bit stretched. He can see through things but not when they’re folded up? I think he was just waiting for the writing to stop being upside down.
Presumably while they’re folded up, he’s seeing two overlapping sets of writing at the same time, and they interfere with each other, like overlapping OHP slides. To overcome this effect, he’d have to spontaneously tune his x-ray vision to the fineness of a millimetre or so (the thickness of the parchment), which may plausibly be difficult or impossible.
Also isn’t there a suggestion that his eye gravitates towards magic (such as Harry’s invisible flash grenade attack or Disillusionment (which seems to just be active camo) marking one as ‘trying to hide’)?
All that scene really needs is for such tuning to be annoyingly difficult when Harry is already unrolling the paper, i.e. so there’s no point in trying when he’ll see the text clearly in another few seconds anyway.
doesn’t harry just need to carry a few sheets of paper or have it folded into a book? I don’t remember this being the case but it would prevent moody from reading it, presumably.
Yes, but this is Alastor CONSTANT VIGILANCE Moody dealing with someone who actually landed a hit on him. Even if it involved massive cheating and handicaps.
That’s a bit stretched. He can see through things but not when they’re folded up? I think he was just waiting for the writing to stop being upside down.
Presumably while they’re folded up, he’s seeing two overlapping sets of writing at the same time, and they interfere with each other, like overlapping OHP slides. To overcome this effect, he’d have to spontaneously tune his x-ray vision to the fineness of a millimetre or so (the thickness of the parchment), which may plausibly be difficult or impossible.
Also isn’t there a suggestion that his eye gravitates towards magic (such as Harry’s invisible flash grenade attack or Disillusionment (which seems to just be active camo) marking one as ‘trying to hide’)?
All that scene really needs is for such tuning to be annoyingly difficult when Harry is already unrolling the paper, i.e. so there’s no point in trying when he’ll see the text clearly in another few seconds anyway.
The problem was Moody not having read the paper when Harry brought it into the meeting.
doesn’t harry just need to carry a few sheets of paper or have it folded into a book? I don’t remember this being the case but it would prevent moody from reading it, presumably.
A good point. But of course he was looking for threats to Harry, not threats from Harry.
Yes, but this is Alastor CONSTANT VIGILANCE Moody dealing with someone who actually landed a hit on him. Even if it involved massive cheating and handicaps.
Constant vigilance does not mean unlimited attention.