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Also, everyone seems to be shouting their incantations, which seems just dumb.
Harry could have also just Somniumed Daphne, after she has reflected his first Stunner and was currently cumbersomely battling Neville – it would cost him just the magical cost of a Sleep Hex itself. Instead he risks Neville getting heavily fatigued or even stunned and chats on.
Agreed, but they're first years. Plus, I got the impression that the dueling incantations were shouted for effect, and that Stupefy was such a large spell for them that they couldn't spare the concentration not to shout, that in fact they needed to shout in order to generate the required amount of magic (I forget what it's called, but there's a concept in some martial arts that making a sharp noise as you strike increases the strength of the blow. A similar concept could apply here).
Yes, he could have, and in some ways he should have. But would it have had the same effect as everyone saying that he defeated almost every Sunshine soldier by himself? Harry has already shown that he'll do what he needs to to boost his legend.
The term you are looking for is probably kiai.
I'm not sure of the details of the spell she and Neville were using (I don't think it appears in cannon) but I had assumed that is protected both of them from everyone else for the duration, which would make sense if its purpose is to allow two aristocratic wizards to have their own private duel.
Seems more like just a further Star Wars reference to me.
Well, even if she was somehow protected, note that she was not passively protected (not like a shield spell) - she still had to move to deflect and:
So she probably did not have the agility to deflect another shot - especially in the middle of a block or similarly.
Also: A reflected or friendly-fired Somnium could harm neither Harry nor Neville, so there was really little harm in trying - even if Harry came to your hypothesis, he still should have tried it – right after he made sure that she wouldn’t be cut in half subsequently.
As for the other Sunshine soldiers blocking it - I confess that I do not remember how exactly the first-year Contego shields work and what their limitations are (I do not think this has been elaborated upon), but Daphne seems to be out of the main Sunshine cluster here (if there still is one), wielding a sword, as is Neville (so other would tend to distance themselves - they already have, before). She should be quite hard to protect. Of course, there might not be any Sunshine cluster anymore, if Sunshine rushed in-between the enemies, as they planned. But it rather seems to me that that plan failed before it was even initiated. (Their formation is not mentioned in the chapter.)
They were directional, not particularly large but large enough for one or two people to stand behind, could not be fired through, and had to be maintained with the wand.
The larger versions expand that up to a full sphere that can be fired through and only require concentration to maintain once cast.
It seemed that each hit would drain the shield caster's magic, so your shield strength depended directly upon the strength of your magic.
I think if he'd tried to Somnium Daphne, the other sunnies would have blocked it.
And now we have it. Harry Somnium'd her, but waited until the others were distracted to do so.