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Got a question about something Hermione says in DH.

Im reading DH (AGAIN!!!!) and u know how hermione modifies her parents' memories right? then @ the cafe, harry & ron r talking about wiping the death eaters' memories, and ron says he's never done the 'obliviate' (memory charm). hermione then says, "nor have i". but what gives, since she'd modified her parent's memories?????
 zar_far11 posted over a year ago
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MoonshoesPerry said:
I knew the question would be about this! My best guess would be that she didn't technically Obliviate her parents; she just changed their memories. So she had never actually performed a full-out memory wipe.
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oh interesting theory...how do u suppose u can just "change" someone's memory?
zar_far11 posted over a year ago
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Thats exactly what I was going to say. She made her parents think that their life long dream was to move to australia and forget they had a daughter. Hermione didnt completely erase their memories. As for how its done, im not sure
ariba_c posted over a year ago
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Yeah, I don't know what the spell would be, but I'd imagine it's possible. There are spells for just about everything.
MoonshoesPerry posted over a year ago
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I remeber J.K. Rowling was asked that question, and she answered it exactly the way you did.
Jenna4093 posted over a year ago
egyptprincess7 said:
She probably didn't want them to know that she wiped her parent's memories,because she might think that would shock them.
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no but remember she told them about it @ the burrow
zar_far11 posted over a year ago
bunnyhavoc said:
i think she used a different charm,
gillderoy say: i have a talent for memory charms
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memory wipe? obliviate?
bunnyhavoc posted over a year ago
dojjy20 said:
that doesent make sence

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Kitcatcmp said:
She means she's never used the memory charm, "Obliviate". She must have used a different spell for not completely changing her parents memories.
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Flickerflame said:
JK Rowling has explained this in an interview. They are 2 different spells. Obliviate is a memory erasing spell, it leaves blanks in a person's memory, and this is the one Hermione used for the first time on the Death Eaters. There's an unnamed spell which removes memories and adds new replacement ones, which is what she used on her parents. The film had it wrong when they put in that scene.
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