Aunt petunia and Hermione's parents

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 60739

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "joanna barra"
<JOANNABARRA788 at M...> wrote:
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> ...edited...
> 
> Mr. and Mrs. Granger are in Diagon alley. I thought that Diagon 
> alley could only been seen by magic people and entered by magical 
> people... How do Mr. and Mrs. Granger enter Diagon alley?


bboy_mn:

Again we can only speculate about what is likely. Part of the problem
with Muggles is their lack of awareness. According to Stan Shunpike,
conductor of the Knight Bus, Muggles don't look properly or hear
properly. They are oblivious.

In the scene in which Harry first sees the entrance to The Leaky
Cauldron, ...(quote with commentary)...

"... If Hagrid hadn't pointed it out, Harry wouldn't have noticed it
was there. ..."

A matter of awareness, even being magical Harry wouldn't have noticed
the Leaky Cauldron if Hagrid hadn't pointed it out.

"... The people hurrying by didn't glance at it. Their eyes slid from
the big book shop on one side to the record shop on the other AS IF
they couldn't see the Leaky Cauldron at all. ..."

Again, a matter of awareness; magic is all around us in our everyday
lives, but we are so caught up in our own mundane existence and petty
problems that we never take the time or make the effort to stop and
see it. Plus, somethings are so impossible to believe, so thoroughly
defy our cold rational logic, that we must blind ourselves to them
lest they corrupt our orderly existence. That's why we have created
the fantasy world of fairytales and mythology which provides a false
framework for the magical world we can't face.

...ah ...sorry guess I got off on a bit of a rant there.

Back to the point.

The Leaky Cauldron is there, but Muggles can't or son't allow
themselves to see, even Harry admits he would have never seen it if
Hagrid hadn't forced it into his awareness. 

In the same vein, Hermione, now that she has been made aware of it can
find and see the doorway to the Leaky Cauldron even if her parents
can't. So Hermione takes her parents to Charing Cross Road, takes them
by the hand, and leads them through the doorway into the Leaky
Cauldron and the magical world. 

Also, it possible now that Hermione is estabished and comfortable in
the wizard world, that she has sent a owl to the Floo Regulation
Office and had her home fireplace connected. 

There is nothing that actively blocks Muggles from entering the Leaky
Cauldron or Diagon Alley; no absolute Muggle barrier, so I personally
believe that a magic person can bring a Muggle into the magic world.
But I will amend that by saying that it would be amost impossible for
a Muggle to stumble there way in.

That would bring up another question though, could Hermione's parents
travl by Floo Powder, I'm thinking they could, but I have nothing to
back up that belief. What prevents normal muggles from having Floo
accidents is that they have no way of getting Floo Powder and even if
they stumble across some, and by chance threw it into a burning
fireplace, they still wouldn't be hook to the Floo Networks. So that
pretty much prevents any accidental Muggle travel by Floo Powerder.

(PS: I find the subject of wizard's magical travel very fascinating.)


> Joanna contiunes:
>
> And speaking of Hermione, how is she able to do magic, whilst she is 
> not in school? 

I'm not sure what magic you are speaking of. If you mean the magic
necessary to get into the wizard world, I don't think that counts. For
example, in the truest sense the Weasley boys and Harry are using
magic when they Floo there way to Diagon Alley. Remember that the
regulation controlling this is the REASONABLE Restriction of Underage
Sorcery not the Absolute Restriction of Underage Sorcery.

Because we see underage magic being used in the wizard world as in
Fred and George inventing jokes and tricks in their bedroom, and other
examples, I think underage magic is a mischief misdemeanor as long as
it not causing problems. Now if underage magic starts a riot in the
wizard world, it would be dealt with more harshly. Magic in the Muggle
world, on the other hand, is a very big problem, and as we have seen,
is dealt with much more seriously.


> I think that her parents are not muggles, I think that they are pure
> bloods and they are aurors. I also believe that Dumbledore gives 
> Hermione permission to practice magic outside school. ...edited..
> 
> Well that is my opinion
> 
> 
> Joanna

Well, I guess I should never say never, but it seems clearly
established that Hermione's parents are Muggles. Also, I don't see
what purpose it would serve in the story. Why would wizards go through
all the trouble of becoming dentists, establish a dental practice, and
living in the muggle world for so many years when in reality the are
magical Aurors. While it is possible, it doesn't seem likely. But,
like I said, perhaps I should never say never.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn