[HPforGrownups] Who can apparate?

[Susanna Luhtanen]

No: HPFGUIDX 27850



Susanna Luhtanen
s_luhtanen at hotmail.com



>From: "Cindy C." <cynthiaanncoe at home.com>
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPforGrownups] Who can apparate?
>Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:24:57 -0000
>But what about the rest of the adult HP characters, like Dumbledore,
>McGonagall, Black, Lupin, Pettigrew, Crouch Jr., Voldemort, Snape,
>Moody?  Are there any indications that any of them can apparate?

Well, at least Dumbledore apparated on Privet Drive.

>Apparating surely would have been a handy way for some of the
>characters to travel at various times.  Black could have apparated
>off of Azkaban instead of traveling as a dog.  Lupin could have
>apparated to school instead of taking the train.

Black didn't apparate, because it's not possible in Azcaban (it's a PRISON 
and only Sirius has excaped from it. You just can't have a working prison 
from where one can apparate from) and Hermione says several times that it's 
not possible in Hogwarts, either. Lupin may have apparated to Hogmeade, 
though, but he's taking the train to protect Harry (Sirius still under doubt 
and he knows to keep an eye for a big black dog)...

>It seems that apparating is, for some reason, a very underused skill
>in the wizarding world.  We are told that it is difficult and that
>people sometimes don't execute it correctly, so many people prefer
>brooms.  I think if I could created a fantasy world in which people
>could apparate, they'd be apparating all over the place.  I wonder
>why JKR didn't approach it that way.

Most characters are adolescents who can't (or aren't allowed to) apparate. 
(Though Harry may have apparated into the roof instead of levitating without 
even knowing it)

Also, I think it's common skill - but rarely used to avoid rush. (What would 
happen if two people apparated into exactly the same place?) And about 
Sirius, well, after Harry was relatively safe, he went to Bali or another 
such place. Well, maybe he apparated there?

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