Apparition & Fidelius

dorapye helenhorsley at hotmail.com
Sat Feb 14 11:57:56 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 90936

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <dequardo at w...> wrote:
> Yet another question that ties into my massive and pervasive 
curiosity 
> concerning the Fidelius Charm....
> 
> Why do Order members arrive at HQ via the front door and even ring 
the door 
> bell, waiting for someone to let them in when Fred and George show 
us that 
> Apparition is possible within the house?  Is a just something that 
allows them 
> to Disapparate and Apparate while remaining within the house?  If 
they can 
> do this, why do Order members not simply pop in and out without 
risking 
> being seen outside as they enter or take the time to wait for 
someone to 
> answer the door?  
> 
> Could this perhaps be linked to the Fidelius Charm?  Say, because 
F&G are 
> already in the house, they can pop and crack as they please and 
probably 
> even leave its confines.  But perhaps Apparition *into* the house 
from 
> someplace outside of the house is forbidden or maybe even 
dependent upon 
> the Secret Keeper sharing the Apparition coordinates or even just 
plain 
> impossible?  There must be something that makes it impossible for 
the Order 
> members to not pop in and out--it's far and away a better way to 
travel and 
> less risky than arriving by the front door.  But what allows F&G 
to do it in the 
> house then?  Ideas??
> 
dorapye:
No answers I'm afraid, just more questions. Sorry!

Well, 12 GP is 'unplottable' and Sirius explains this to mean that 
Muggles can never come and call (they don't see it, like The Leaky 
Cauldron?) Does this mean that it does not actually *have* 
coordinates that could be used for apparition? Perhaps...

So, thinking it out: no possible 'plottable' coordinates for 
apparition from outside *into* the house, but apparently this is not 
a barrier to apparating *from within* the house to other areas 
inside the house....confusing...?

Does anyone else remember reading of any unplottable places which 
could be apparated to/from? Can we de-bunk this idea completely?

Alternatively, another explanation could be that it is the Fidelius 
Charm that prevents apparition *into* the house, even by those 
people the Secret-Keeper has given the address of the place to. 

Harry has to say in his head the words "The Headquarters of The 
Order of the Phoenix may be found at number twelve Grimmauld Place" 
in order to see the building emerge between numbers 11 and 13. 
Maybe this routine must be performed every time someone wishes to 
enter the house? Maybe they have to approach from the outside of the 
house and visualise the "secret" in order to see the house? This 
would preclude apparition, do you think?

Sorry that I haven't come up with any answers, but maybe this has 
been some help..?
dorapye





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