[HPforGrownups] Re: Writing insturments - why not?

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 77531

In a message dated 8/12/2003 4:18:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
owlery2003 at yahoo.com writes:

> Don't get me wrong, I love the whole HP series. I wonder why it is that the 
> WW is so big on quills and bottles of ink, though? Leaving aside the "magic" 
> aspects of certain inks, quills, and etc., really you might think the muggle 
> borns would have become rather used to conventional modern writing 
> instruments like pencils and pens. Even fountain pens seem more practical than dipping 
> a feather into ink bottles. I half expected Hermione to start tutting about 
> it, but it's just the way it's done, I suppose. Are pens considered muggle 
> artifacts?

A) The WW as a whole seems rather old-fashioned.  IMHO, this is not 
necessarily a bad thing. <G>

B) Writing with a quill takes a great deal of concentration - you have to 
focus on what you're doing.  For that reason, a lot of magickal "authorities" 
suggest strongly that a quill be used to write out spells.  (It's not just the 
dove's blood ink - it's the focus of the spellcaster.)

Sherrie
(who needs to buy some new quills)


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