Some More Potential OoP Flints

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 68382

The term FLINT is becoming more and more diluted, in my opinion.    


> Some more potential OoP flints I've noticed (with apologies if these 
> have already been raised, I'm having difficulty keeping up):
> 
> 1.	It's described as a "tight fit" when Harry and Mr. Weasley 
> are crammed into the telephone box to go down to the Ministry of 
> Magic, but then Harry and five friends are able to fit into the box 
> on the Sirius rescue mission?

He may simply not have felt the need to comment, as he had slightly
more pressing wories on his mind at the time.

> 2.	In the Room of Requirement, a whistle appears when Harry 
> wants one.  Why then doesn't a Boggart appear when Harry thinks
about 
> how useful a Boggart would be in helping the DA learn the Patronus 
> Charm?

As someone else mentioned, the room probably summons rather than
conjurs.  Also, this is the Room of *Requirement*, not the Room of
*Want*.  Harry thinks a boggart would be helpful, but would it
really?  It would turn into a dementor when Harry challenged it, but
as soon as someone else attempted to fight the dementor-boggart, it
would change into that person's worst fear.  Perhaps the room
evaluated Harry's request, determined that a boggart delivery would
lead only to mass chaos, and therefore deemed this request
not-a-requirement. 


> 3.	Lupin is able to open the door to 12 Grimmauld Place by 
> tapping it with his wand.  So then why do the other members of the 
> Order have to ring the doorbell?

I got the impression that Lupin was staying at headquarters much more
often than most other members.  Few members of the Order ever spent
the night or even stayed for dinner.  Lupin, however, was always
aound.  So I think perhaps Lupin is one of the few members of the
order who has a "key" to the place.


> 5.	There are fifty witches and wizards at Harry's hearing, and 
> Arthur indicates his belief that this constitutes the entire 
> Wizengamot.  However, at Karkaroff's hearing in GoF, there were over 
> 200 witches and wizards in attendance.

At Harry's hearing, the Wizangamot members are the only people in
attendance.  However, I assumed there were other observers during the
pensieve scene.  Just like a muggle trial, the proceedings are often
observed by anyone interested (press, victims' and accused's families,
etc.).  I assumed that Mrs. Crouch was a simple observer to her son's
trial; Rita Skeeter as well was not actually involved, simply
observing.  Harry's hearing was closed, so Arthur and others were not
allowed in.

-Corinth