Ticket to ride - no wands necessary

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 42724

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bboy_mn" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:


> bboy_mn opens his big mouth:

> Personally, I don't think wands are needed to Apparate. Wand are a
> point of focus, they are used when casting spell (charms, curse,
> etc..). CASTING being the keyword; when you are trying to focus 
magic
> outside of yourself on some external act of magic.

> Apparating, requires mental focus on the location you want to end up
> at, but all the magic to accomplish the event is internal.

Certainly a logical explanation, but Apparation seems like a much 
bigger deal than, for instance, transfiguring a mouse into a 
pincushion, as Harry's class has to do for McGonagall.  Granted, 
these are young wizards learning how to use and control their 
abilities.  But, the skill or power needed to Apparate, since it 
involves transporting yourself in some sort of time/space continuum 
seems to me something that may require the use of a wand.  Not to 
focus on a specific thing, but as a way to concentrate one's magical 
power.  Maybe we can split the difference and assume that experienced 
wizards like Snape can apparate without a wand, but those new to it, 
like Percy in GoF, may still be using one.

> Sirirus, the hippogryff, and Apparation-
> Q: But, if an experienced wizard is able to do so without a wand, 
why
> is Sirius still relying on Buckbeak for travel in GoF, when 
Apparation
> would be quicker?
> 
> I know you answered your own question, but I'd like to add some 
more.
> 
> Sirius is originally located in West or Central Africa or for my
> money, in Asia somewhere (Thailand or Malasyia, possibley India are 
my
> best bets) based on the fact that he is sending large tropical birds
> with mail to Harry. There is a limit to how far you can apparate. My
> personal guess is that a common but very good wizard can apparate
> consistendly for over a distance of 500 kilometers (about 300 miles,
> again just my personal estimation). That means you can go from 
London
> to Paris but you can't go from London to Hogwarts (both Glasgow and
> Edinburgh are more than 500km from London). So there is no way 
Sirius
> can apparate from Morocco or Thailand. But if arctic tern can fly 
from
> the Arctic to the Antarctic and Monarch butterflys can fly from
> Minnesota to Mexico and S.America then Buckbeak can certainly cover
> the distance.

Oh, I don't doubt that Buckbeak can handle the travel.  And, yes, no 
one can apparate from Calcutta to London.  But, one could certainly 
apparate in stages across the globe.  The advantage?  Travel can take 
place any time.  One wouldn't have to spend time hiding Buckbeak from 
the various Muggles that might look up in the sky and say, "What the 
hell was that???"

Potential disadvantages- maybe this sort of Apparating marathon would 
leave one exhausted, certainly not a state that Sirius needs...

 
> When Harry saw Sirius in the fire, he looked good (or at least a lot
> better), but when he saw him in the cave at Hogsmead, he looked 
really
> bad again, so his abilities may have still been limited by stress.
> 
> I also think that Sirius feels some obligation to look after 
Buckbeak.
> (As you pointed out.)
> 
> Once he is at Hogsmeed, he probably can apparate short distances, 
but
> he doesn't have anywhere to go. Hogsmead/Hogwarts is where he wants 
to
> and has to be, so where is he going to apparate to? Also, he can't
> risk allowing himself to be seen, so it is safer for him to move
> around as a lovable stray dog, than to apparate around in human 
form. 
> 
> This brings up a NEW QUESTION? 
> Q: Can animagi apparate while they are in animal form?
> 
> Of course, we don't really know, but it's still an interesting
> question. Personally, I think not.


I think not, too.  The potential for splinching when in a non-human 
form seems too great.  And, if you are an illegal Animagus, why risk 
it?

Marianne