Buy time with discussion of secret powers (partial Transfiguration and true Patronus), since we’re optimizing primarily for surviving the immediate situation and not for preventing Voldemort from knowing useful powers.
Partially Transfigure himself in some useful way, depending on subsequent access to PStone to avoid T. sickness.
Cast Patronus centered on himself to blind and to block AKs. (Problem: doesn’t block other curses. But if he moves, Death Eaters might fire at the shiny thing instead of at him.)
Un-Transfigure glasses into whatever emergency countermeasure Harry could have chosen. (Note: will still be stuck to Harry’s face, so no bombs or suchlike.)
I’ve been primarily thinking along the lines of defense, escape, mobility. Once Harry gets to the Time Turner or the pouch he has more options.
Note: will still be stuck to Harry’s face, so no bombs or suchlike.
Why not ? I mean, yeah, obviously Harry would want to survive; but if there was some way to take out Voldemort while also taking out himself (and possibly Hermione), and there was nothing better that Harry could come up with in 60 seconds; then the logical course of action would be to go ahead and do that.
Obvious potentially useful moves:
Buy time with discussion of secret powers (partial Transfiguration and true Patronus), since we’re optimizing primarily for surviving the immediate situation and not for preventing Voldemort from knowing useful powers.
Partially Transfigure himself in some useful way, depending on subsequent access to PStone to avoid T. sickness.
Cast Patronus centered on himself to blind and to block AKs. (Problem: doesn’t block other curses. But if he moves, Death Eaters might fire at the shiny thing instead of at him.)
Un-Transfigure glasses into whatever emergency countermeasure Harry could have chosen. (Note: will still be stuck to Harry’s face, so no bombs or suchlike.)
I’ve been primarily thinking along the lines of defense, escape, mobility. Once Harry gets to the Time Turner or the pouch he has more options.
Why not ? I mean, yeah, obviously Harry would want to survive; but if there was some way to take out Voldemort while also taking out himself (and possibly Hermione), and there was nothing better that Harry could come up with in 60 seconds; then the logical course of action would be to go ahead and do that.
Because it is unlikely that Harry would have precommitted to blowing himself up as a general emergency countermeasure.