[HPforGrownups] Re: Thoughts on Apparating

[Kathryn Wolber]

No: HPFGUIDX 51285


--- "corinthum <kkearney at students.miami.edu>"
<kkearney at students.miami.edu> wrote:
> Kathryn wrote:
> 
> > I think maybe Dumbledore flies instead of
> apparates to
> > the MoM because it wouldn't fit the plot as well
> if he
> > had used a *very* fast mode of transportation.  
> 
> Well, yes, of course it fit the plot.  The whole
> point of my post,
> however, was to come up with a justified reason from
> the book's point
> of view, rather than the reader's.  A
> canon-justified explanation
> rather than an
>
it-had-to-happen-that-way-or-the-book-would-be-boring/
> it-was-a-plot-hole/ just-'cause  justification. 
> Sure, maybe
> apparating is extremely difficult and therefore
> wizards don't use it
> much.  Give me canon and I'll listen.  :)  Thus far,
> all I've heard
> is, "You have to take a test to do it" and "It can
> be dangerous". 
> Same with driving a car, and I still get caught in
> rush hour traffic
> on a daily basis.
> 
> -Corinth
> 
You'll notice that I also pointed out that you can't
apparate to OR disapparate from Hogwarts.  So for
Dumbledore to apparate to the MoM he would have needed
to go off Hogwarts grounds first.

~Kathryn


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