Sketch Topic: Travel/Transportation

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Wed Aug 22 23:03:37 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 24725

> 1. What is the fascination with bright colors for Wizard vehicles - 
> the scarlet Express, the violently purple Knight Bus, the powder blue 
> Beauxbatons carriage?  Is this simply a method JKR uses to make us 
> look at common Muggle vehicles in a different light?
> 


As part of Vander Ark's wonderful Lexicon probably states, wizards just plain like bright colors.


> 2. Does the Beauxbatons' carriage need to be pulled by Abraxan (FB), 
> the giant, palomino, winged horses?  Or are the horses used merely to 
> give a more impressive appearance to the carriage?
>

Need? I doubt it. If I remember right, it flew. And although being carried by Abraxans would definitally help keep the carriage in the air, it wouldn't be flying unless the carriage itself was set up to levitate. My theory? The carriage can levitate and fly around, but the horses help make it move faster.
 
> 3. Why does the Durmstrang boat rise up from the bottom of the lake 
> at Hogwarts?  Is there some sort of watery network that allows boats 
> to submerge in one body of water and emerge in another - sort of a 
> Floo Network for ships?
>

I'm guessing that it is possible for entire large inanimate objects to apparate. But I'm just guessing.

> 4. What is the power source for enchanted Muggle vehicles?  Is it 
> simply a spell that enables the vehicle to act in magical ways?
>

Hmm... I'm guessing its powered by the original car's engine, but with some "magic" energy boosters. Of course, every enchanted vehnicle is different, so I'm using the Anglia as my example.

> 8.  Could fireplaces in Hogwarts be hooked up to the Floo Network?
>

Probably. But then again, wouldn't we have seen something?
 
> 9.  Can wizards make themselves invisible when flying on brooms so 
> that Muggles won't notice them should they be flying in daylight?  
> OTOH, since we don't notice the Knight Bus, maybe we're too involved 
> in our mundane world to look up and see someone in emerald green > robes zooming across the sky.
> 

To quote the enigmatic corpse, Douglas Adams, "People don't tend to see something if it is: "Not there problem." Many spaceships have used this to replace highly complicated cloaking devices."

> 10. Do you think flying horses are used in some sort of aerial 
> equestrian sport?
>

I dunno. Yes, but it may never be mentioned in canon. Quidditch seems to hog the spotline for the time being.
 
> 11. Do Charlie Weasly and Hagrid wish they could ride dragons?
>

I do! Well, maybe not the dragons mentioned in the books, but maybe a carefully domesticated dragon. Yeah. Actually, in my "yet-to-be-written" fanfic, there are domesticated dragons similar to the Yoshis in the Super Mario video game series.
 
> 12. What would your favorite method of travel be?
> 

Brooms, because of the fun of flying through the air. But, apparation would be the most practical.





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