I'm new...I've got burning questions

[Amy]

No: HPFGUIDX 10699

Welcome home!

> 1. In the GOF how could Voldemort cast spells from his chair in the 
> Riddle house if his arms were too weak to hold a wand?

Hmmm...they were ALMOST too weak to hold a wand?

I figure at this point he is like a barely-formed baby and probably 
Wormtail has to actually put his wand into/onto his hand for him to 
cast spells.


> 2.  Does anyone think that there is a couple time lines going on 
> here? Harry, Ron, Hermoine, & Neville vs. James, Lily, Sirius,& 
> Pettigrew?

Not sure what you mean--yes in the sense that we know several 
characters from the V's-time-of-power generation (those latter 4 plus 
Lupin & Snape) but not much else, yet, about that time.  There are a 
lot of fanfics set in that time, otherwise known as the Marauders' or 
MWPP (Moony Wormtail Padfoot Prongs) era.  Plus, as you'll learn, 
many passionate fans of those characters, particularly a certain 
godfather of the canine variety, on this list.  The latest chapter 
and character summaries (we go through one chapter of Goblet of Fire, 
plus a character discussion, each week) are heavy on this generation 
because it's chapter 27 (Padfoot Returns) and the character under 
discussion is Pettigrew.

> 3. How come some wizards can conjure up platters of food, while 
poor 
> old Mrs. Weasley has to cook with her wand?

Ah, the burning Wizard Economics question.  My theory: cooking is a 
mixture of muggle-type work and conjuring.  (Cream sauce does come 
pouring out of her wand, after all.)  An optional or additional 
possibility:  you can only conjure what you've got "in the bank," so 
to speak.  Dumbledore can conjure up anything that Hogwarts' riches 
can afford; Mrs. W can conjure up only what the Weasleys can 
afford.  ???  

Anyone else want to field this one?  This is one of those questions I 
don't want to spend too much brain energy on--there are more 
important questions plaguing humanity, such as whether Crookshanks 
has powers beyond your average magical cat.  <bg>

Amy Z