[HPforGrownups] Apparating

[heidi]

No: HPFGUIDX 3256



Cassandra Claire wrote:

> I apologize if someone has asked this question before, but I was
> wondering about Apparating. Can a wizard simply Apparate himself
> wherever he likes, whenever he likes? I know there are splinching
> issues, but what I'm wondering is: can you only apparate to places
> you've already been, or places you somehow have been given the
> 'coordinates' to, or can you Apparate anywhere, even to a place
> you've never seen or been before? If so, that seems somehow
> too...easy.

I'm wondering if JKR ever spent any time in the 70s watching The Tomorrow
People, which was a british sci fi for kids show which was on, I believe,
from 1973 to 1979 - I watched it on nickelodeon here in the states from 82
to 84, when Nick got much more hip & got rid of all the really cool yet
cheezy shows like Livewire, 3rd Eye and TP (and when you can't do that on
television got worse) - the show was basically about "the next stage of
human evolution" - kids with powers like telekenesis, telepathy and of
course teleportation (called Jaunting) which was possible over short
distances, but to go a long way, you needed help from a band which their
computer (TIM) used to transmit coordinate information & determine if there
was a person at said corrdinate.
And that's why I like the idea of apparation maps & "safe" locales - but
that probably wouldn't explain how Percy was able to apparate from his
bedroom to the kitchen for breakfast (or to some extent, why NO weasleys
apparated home to say Molly, we're safe after hte incident at the world cup)
- maybe short distances don't need maps, or safe locales, but longer ones
do?