For that matter, why didn’t Quirrell feast on unicorns again and again to keep his strength up? Why doesn’t he have a herd of them up in a ranch in the mountains somewhere?
Quirrell is too smart not to do this. I think he’s pretending to be weaker than he really is, in order to manipulate Harry.
This was said by Quirrell in Parseltongue. If you can only tell the truth in Parseltongue, then Quirrell was really forbidding Harry from obtaining the stone himself.
Well. Technically the statement only describes the act of speaking itself. There is no explicit information conveyed about Quirrell actually wishing or intending Harry to follow his injunction.
Harry trying to obtain the stone by himself would be like Harry sneaking into Akazaban by himself. Harry developing a plan, and coming to Quirrel for assistance OTOH...
Indeed, Harry would not search for the stone alone. The twins participated in Hermione’s Last Stand to level up for the final arc, and the Lestrange open bracket has yet to be closed.
That’s a good possibility I hadn’t thought of. Too busy confirming my pet theory.
Quirrell’s apparent weakness, feigned or actual, serves to manipulate Harry.
His actual weakness weakens the Sense of Doom, and thereby may allow their magic to interact. This is why I think actual weakness is still likely, despite the manifest downside. My pet theory is some variation on Quirrell uploading into Harry, and this is supported by a bunch of evidence I won’t go into again. But if this is the goal, being able to interact with Harry, magically or physically, would be an important enabling factor.
Quirrell is too smart not to do this. I think he’s pretending to be weaker than he really is, in order to manipulate Harry.
This was said by Quirrell in Parseltongue. If you can only tell the truth in Parseltongue, then Quirrell was really forbidding Harry from obtaining the stone himself.
Well. Technically the statement only describes the act of speaking itself. There is no explicit information conveyed about Quirrell actually wishing or intending Harry to follow his injunction.
Harry trying to obtain the stone by himself would be like Harry sneaking into Akazaban by himself. Harry developing a plan, and coming to Quirrel for assistance OTOH...
Indeed, Harry would not search for the stone alone. The twins participated in Hermione’s Last Stand to level up for the final arc, and the Lestrange open bracket has yet to be closed.
That’s a good possibility I hadn’t thought of. Too busy confirming my pet theory.
Quirrell’s apparent weakness, feigned or actual, serves to manipulate Harry.
His actual weakness weakens the Sense of Doom, and thereby may allow their magic to interact. This is why I think actual weakness is still likely, despite the manifest downside. My pet theory is some variation on Quirrell uploading into Harry, and this is supported by a bunch of evidence I won’t go into again. But if this is the goal, being able to interact with Harry, magically or physically, would be an important enabling factor.