There doesn’t have to be something they can do. Up until recently, there was nothing stopping someone from slipping a prisoner an animagus potion and just standing right there with a Patronus up. It’s entirely possible that no one in the DMLE has even considered trying to find a way to prevent this, since (as far as they know) the only ones capable of it are the Order of the Phoenix.
Up until recently, there was nothing stopping someone from slipping a prisoner an animagus potion and just standing right there with a Patronus up.
Only because they chose not to stop them.
It’s entirely possible that no one in the DMLE has even considered trying to find a way to prevent this, since (as far as they know) the only ones capable of it are the Order of the Phoenix.
In that case, they will start trying once it starts happening. How long do you think they’ll take?
Do you understand that “otherwise, there’s a way for Azkaban to be less terrible” is not actually a reason to believe there exists a counterspell to the Patronus?
True, but “otherwise, there’s a way for Azkaban to be less inescapable” is a reason to believe they’ll put a lot of effor into developing some kind of countermeasure.
I agree with this. I still do not agree with “I’m sure they’d have something they can do.” The Patronus Charm may as a question of simple fact not be blockable or traceable. The world is allowed to work that way.
It’s definitely not completely untraceable, but creating a registry of all patronuses would be next to impossible.
It seems unlikely that there’s no way around it, but I suppose it’s feasible that they’d just have an easier time finding a way around animangi. At the very least, they can do what they did with Grindlewald.
There doesn’t have to be something they can do. Up until recently, there was nothing stopping someone from slipping a prisoner an animagus potion and just standing right there with a Patronus up. It’s entirely possible that no one in the DMLE has even considered trying to find a way to prevent this, since (as far as they know) the only ones capable of it are the Order of the Phoenix.
Only because they chose not to stop them.
In that case, they will start trying once it starts happening. How long do you think they’ll take?
Do you understand that “otherwise, there’s a way for Azkaban to be less terrible” is not actually a reason to believe there exists a counterspell to the Patronus?
True, but “otherwise, there’s a way for Azkaban to be less inescapable” is a reason to believe they’ll put a lot of effor into developing some kind of countermeasure.
I agree with this. I still do not agree with “I’m sure they’d have something they can do.” The Patronus Charm may as a question of simple fact not be blockable or traceable. The world is allowed to work that way.
It’s definitely not completely untraceable, but creating a registry of all patronuses would be next to impossible.
It seems unlikely that there’s no way around it, but I suppose it’s feasible that they’d just have an easier time finding a way around animangi. At the very least, they can do what they did with Grindlewald.