Wizard Appearances

[sirius_padfoot_snuffles_black <srsiriusblack@aol.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48184

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sixhoursahead 
<sixhoursahead at y...>" <sixhoursahead at y...> wrote:
> People were mentioning about why wizards do not correct their 
> vision.  We all know that the magic in HP has definite boundaries, 
> some we have seen, some we have not, and some are hinted at.  Like, 
> why can Bill Weasley conjure tableclothes, but Mrs. Weasley can't 
> conjure new school robes?  Obviously there is a definite limit 
here, 
> and with good reason, the wizard society is just as apitalist as 
> muggle society. 

I yeild agreement to this. However, I think there are also some other 
points in the books that may give even more depth to the answers. For 
instance, some spells are more complicated than other and some 
wizarding folks are inclined to be better in different areas. At the 
table in GoF, the Weasleys discuss Apparating. So we know that there 
are tests of wizarding skill beyong Hogwarts. ( I don't have my books 
in front of me so I have to say...) One of the eldets Weasley boys, 
either Charlie or Bill, if I remember correctly, explain how there 
have been bungled attempts to apparate over the years by many witches 
and wizards.... 

This leads me to think that, perhaps, certain skills, such as 
conjuring up new robes- as you mentioned- might be one of these 
scenarios, where the person in question- Mrs. Weasley- may not have 
that particular skill.

This is all just a theory of course, but it does make the Wizarding 
World  more realistic to think that each person has strengths and 
weaknesses in the use of magic.

-Snuffles