Re: [HPforGrownups] Did Hagrid apparate? And the smell in Mrs. Figg’s house.

[eloiseherisson at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 42476

In a message dated 11/08/2002 02:36:45 GMT Standard Time, ephantom1 at yahoo.com 
writes:


> After Hagrid puts Harry on the train back to the Dursley's after 
> their shopping trip, Harry blinks and Hagrid is gone. The only 
> explanation seems to be apparition, but it does not fit with Hagrid 
> who never completed his education, and is not that good at magic. How 
> could he be doing something that is said to be very advanced magic, 
> with which many fully qualified wizards do not bother?   

Eloise:
Sudden disappearance is a characteristic of many (all?) the odd people Harry 
meets before he knows he is a wizard and whom we understand in retrospect to 
be members of the WW. I wonder if all of them apparate? 

I have wondered if in fact there are other ways for wizard folk to make 
themselves inconspicuous, much in the way a Muggle magician might use some 
kind of distraction technique to draw attention away from what he is doing, 
only in this case utilising 'real' magic.

I agree that it seems unlikely, though not impossible, that Hagrid could 
apparate (I wonder if he would be *allowed* to take the test?), but the 
sudden disappearance of one so large takes some explaining.      
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> 
> The other is a seeming discrepancy between SS and GoF. In SS is 
> clearly says that Mrs. Figg's house smelled of cabbage. In GoF 
> however, when they enter the tents Harry notes that the furnishing 
> was similar to that of Mrs. Figg, but without the smell of cats. A 
> mistake?

Eloise:
Perhaps the tent smells of cabbages too? (In order to give it that real 
Muggle flavour, in case anyone from the site management looks in.)

Newer members of the list may have missed posts that pointed out that cabbage 
smells are associated with Polyjuice Potion, leading to all sorts of 
theorising about Mrs Figg and her true identity/appearance.

Eloise
who's always wondered how exactly Hagrid flew to the island in the first 
place (wonderful visions of him using his umbrella, Mary Poppins-like) and 
how the Dursleys got back to the mainland after Hagrid and Harry had taken 
the boat).
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