the boggart

[AngelicS_89]

Very good! That's the way ours reads.

I agree with EWPZ... Joto, if they had no clue Voldemort was still alive, and it wasn't anyone's greatest fear because they thought the danger had passed, why are they still terrified of his name?

I just wanted to add something for this question.I think that they're all scared of saying his name cause that was something implated in their brains...LV was their greatest fears but when he died,it was like he's gone and there was no reason for fear from him but there maybe was a fear that if they say his name or talk about him they'll call him back.He never stopped being the greatest fear,he just faded,if you understand what I mean(it's like a child who fears from the dark,and one day suddenly there is no dark anymore and there even wasn't a chance for child to pass that fear by itself,it just slowly faded...)

[Athena Appleton]

kinda like, they keep saying "you-know-who" because they're more in the habit of being scared of it, even if they aren't really that fearful of him anymore?

here's a kind of related question: in the maze at the third task of gof, Harry runs across what he thinks is a dementor, does the Patronus charm, and realizes it's not a dementor, but a boggart, when it stumbles... From his first time coming in contact with a dementor, he responds very differently now, and he's slowly not growing to fear them as much... could it be that you can convince yourself that your greatest fear is something that it's not, because the memory of when it was scary is still so strong?

[Enchanter]

i think boggarts have the same powers as the thing they are impersonating but not on the same level. they would just be a lot weaker