[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP chapters 3 and 7, something I'm wondering about

[silmariel]

No: HPFGUIDX 62405


"Melissa Worcester"
 <beelissa at n...> wrote:

> > Moody uses Dumbledore's Put-Outer. I wondered this briefly when
 reading SS, and am wondering it again now: why a separate object to
 perform a specific magical task? Why not just use a wand? They don't
 have a separate object that replaces a flashlight, they just say
> Lumos and the wand's tip gives off light.

silmariel:

At this post rate is impossible to keep up, so I'll risk someone has given 
this response.

Well, magic items to acomplish things made with a wand have sense. I can see 
some the practical reasons.
a) You may not want to repeat a spell. Sounds silly, but we use a lot of 
things just to work less.
b) You don't have to learn the spell by heart. This could be useful if what 
you want to do requires a lot of spells to do the same thing, or if you 
aren't used to them and don't want to learn them.
c) You are not able to perform the spell, but with an item you don't need to 
be a good wizard to do it.   

I'm not talking about Put-Outer in here, just giving practical reasons for  
lots of magical objects to exist.

Do they serve you?

silmariel