I mean a lot of YA is based about unusual kids in unusual times doing unusual things even for their weird universe potter isn't just that
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Bc only actual death is irreversible w magic healing. You can teleport all of someone's bones out of their body and they'll be fine tomorrow
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Even then though Crucio and Imperio are, in-universe, also Unforgivable bc they fundamentally violate another human being
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You could view that as a regulatory oversight similar to all the Strange Russian Drugs I talk about.
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Everyone treats the use of Snape's spells as this terrible thing but they don't know what to do about it
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I mean, they can heal anything up to death and attempts at resurrection are also highly Bad Things
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Scaling what kind of harm to the body people take issue with to ease of repair with an abrupt cliff seems logical if not humane
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I think that's got something to do with the wizarding world's view on meritocracy. The Killing Curse can only be situationally countered...
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...where as other harmful spells can be deflected by everyday spells any wizard can use. So "the best wizard wins".
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I like the Torg Potter perversion of that, where the Killing Curse isn't unforgivable, but it's illegal because it's uncreative.
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