Hermione and Charmed School Supplies

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No: HPFGUIDX 39427

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

> 
> First, a bookbag with expanded space and probably a levitation
charm 
> to compensate for extra weight.

Somebody suggested the caldrons are used for this while shopping in
Diagon Alley. They throw stuff into their caldrons when they buy it.  
Something in Wizard Space probably is not subject to local gravity.

> Second, I've noticed a lack of good research tools in the library. 
> Remember how hard in was to find Nicholas Flamel in Book 1? What 
> kinds of reserach aides would Hermione make?

Possibly a flying bookmark that would go th a relevant book and page
when she banished it?

> I'm wondering if she could in the long run make a wizard equivalent 
> of a computer to ease access to the VAST library at Hogwarts. In
the 
> Short run she might get Dumbledore-Dispensation to charm a mundane 
> computer to work at Hogwarts.

A more cooperative version of the Sphinx, perhaps? Or a specialized
version of house elf?

A "mundane" computer probably wouldn't work at Hogwarts, no matter
what kind of charm is used.  My own guess is that magic works on
quantum mechanics, which would fry any solid-state electronics.  A 
vacum tube computer might work, but it would take up the whole 
castle.

> Or personally she could charm a magic mirror ala penseive to
catalog 
> her ever-growing magical library. 

Magic books might well self-open to relevant passages.

> As you can tell, Hermione's my favorite. I'd like to see her and
Ron 
> (and maybe Ginny) challenged in OOP. The sorting hat judged them
all 
> brave enough for Griffindor. I'd like to see them triumph.

I still think Ginny is Parsiltongue, due to the TR diary.

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