[HPforGrownups] Questions: Apparating

[kaesaauralia at cs.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 72865

Faith asked:
1. .  When Harry is at headquarters for the Order of the Phoenix, Fred and 
George do a lot of showing off of their apparating skills.  One evening they 
apparate into Harry and Ron's room and land on Ron's knees - they say that 
apparating at night is harder.  WHY??

My somewhat confused response:
I thought maybe this was because they couldn't see - remember that wizarding 
households don't have electricity, and candle/torchlight isn't the greatest 
thing to use when you're trying to do something complicated.

As for why Apparation requires sight, I have no idea.  Perhaps there is an 
intermediate stage between Disapparation and Apparation where one decides 
*exactly* where to appear, which requires sight?  Or maybe he didn't Apparate *onto* 
Ron's knees, which seems more like he'd be fused with Ron's knees or 
something, but *fell* onto Ron's knees after Apparation?

And wasn't there something about another Weasley brother's Apparation test 
where he "landed on" an old lady who was shopping? 

~Kaesa, now very confused.


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