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birdsofshoreI was just searching for info on the Notice-Me-Not charm, and there isn't any, because it's a FANON INVENTION. NOOO! Really? The first webpage I found where someone was asking about it, had some smartarse saying "I think you'll find that's just a sad FAN FICTION thing, you poor deluded fool", I was smirking away: "heh, that's what you think, I have seen it in LOADS OF.....er.... loads of fics. Err. Ahem."
Did you all know this? Who made it up? What other fanon things have become so widespread that they can fool us like this? I know about Tempus, but can you tell me any others?
Did you all know this? Who made it up? What other fanon things have become so widespread that they can fool us like this? I know about Tempus, but can you tell me any others?
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Date: 2013-06-16 09:12 pm (UTC)*Snape invented this spell... it's likely that it is not widespread in use, nor Ministry approved.
*Hermione uses it on herself, Harry and Ron in Flitwick's class... nobody seems to notice a buzzing, but they do cease to hear what the trio is saying..
*Hermione uses it on their tent in DH as in addition to the Muggle Repelling Charms and other things... so she actually casts it on the tent or rather in a circle around the tent, their campsite, rather than at the person who would overhear...
I sort of like that it's used in different ways in canon and that the explanation given in canon, may not be the truth or only half of it... because that allows us more wiggle room in fandom.