[HPforGrownups] Apparition + Floo WAS Re: Apparition & Fidelius

[Cindy Jenkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 91077


  ----- I have a problem with floo and apparition.  If
  people's houses (on the network) can be entered by
  anybody by floo, and people can apparate willy nilly
  all over the place, surely burglary would be a big
  problem?  (And what's the point of locking doors when
  they can be opened by magic for that matter? - I'm
  sure this happens at Hogwarts, can't remember when
  though.)

I think that you can restrict who, where, and when people can apparate.  For example, remember when the Doors to Hogwarts were being taught to recognize Sirius?  Perhaps you could teach your home only to recognize you and your family.

Moreover, the very houses are magical, so maybe they don't *allow* people to steal from them.  Remember when they were cleaning Sirius' house, and some of the stuff wouldn't budge?  It seems to me you'd have magical ways of protecting your belongings from burglary.

Finally, I think since this is a fantasy, we have to allow some leeway with the facts.  For example, *why* is the Weasley's house dumpy, when we see DD conjure a chair out of thin air?  Why don't the grownups conjure some nice furniture, or magically turn their house into a mansion?  I think on some level we just have to accept small inconsistencies (limitations of our muggle minds, you see) for the sake of the fantasy.

Cindy

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