I guess it can mean two things:

1: An outsider cannot use someone inside reality's name against them
2: Saying ones full name inside ones own head is not the same as saying it with ones own lips in the "real world"

With number 1 there is not really much to discuss because the amount of outsider interaction is too small.

With number 2. I wonder if it would be the same if it had been corpsetaker he said his full name to as a defence against a mental attack?

So when summoning someone from the Nevernever it is enough to have read their name or heard it second hand. But with a mortal it has to be heard from their own lips. I wonder how much difference it makes to have heard the name from the beings own lips when that being is from the nevernever.


Maybe there is not that much to talk about after all. I just found it interesting that it is (perhaps) the only instance where it is say ones full name.

In Cold Days when the Walker does the mental attack on Harry just outside of the Island, he yells his full name at it as part of defending from that attack.

In seems like a logical way to remember who he is in that scene. But does he also give a Walker his full name from his own lips? and does that matter for a future attack? Previously it seemed like a big deal if someone had your name like that.

I think it is a really impressive thread. By which I mean that I am impressed by how long it keeps going on, not saying it is thin.

I am going to go with the positive: maybe it is because there are negotiatings for a high quality series on Amazon prime (if that is the name of their streaming service). And this is part of those negotiations. I have not followed the news about the lord of the rings series, but it sounds like they take it serious.

Morriswalters, yes, but with the topic name it seemed like the purpose was to write the scenario that we each think is the most likely.

As I remember it LTW turned into a giant owl when he stopped of the roof in the beginning. I was thinking of when he flew towards the front line as an eagle and then turned into an elephant (in the fight where Harry makes the big ice wall).

Regardless the world's largest eagle weights 4.6 kg and has a wingspan of up to two meters. Even a giant owl seems like it would be reduction in mass.

I think the most likely scenario is that blood on his Soul shape shifted into something that could handle being crushed, such as an insect. And then shape shifted back afterwards.

Maybe it could be two videos? 8ne where you 8nly have the couple of seconds to say thanks and one with a minute to say a bit more about how happy you are for the books?

I am in :-)