Montague and the Large White Porcelain Bowl

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 145545

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "h2so3f" <h2so3f at y...> wrote:
>
> CH3ed:
> I'll trust Hermione and say that Montague did not apparate inside 
> Hogwarts. It seems that the vanishing cabinet was traveling between 
> Hogwarts and B&B .... So I think it likely that he was having the
> hardest and fruitless time trying to apparate out of that cabinet 
> while it and him were at Hogwarts. His semi-success probably came 
> during the time that the cabinet was traveling to Hogwarts from
> B&B. My speculation, of course.
> 
> 
> CH3ed  :O)


bboyminn:

Again, just speculating, but I think once you are in the Vanishing
Cabinet you are, in a sense, nowhere. You are neither here nor there.
In an odd sense, you are in a nether world or the twilight zone or in
non-space or what ever you want to call it, but you are not in the
real world. Consequently, when Montague apparated, he didn't apparate
from somewhere to somewhere, he apparated from nowhere to somewhere
and I think that was the loophole that allowed him to appear in the
boundaries of Hogwarts. 

But I also agree, that the protections on the castle likely make his
re-appearance an uncontrolled event; the castle resisted his
appearance within its boundaries. When he busted out of nowhere, where
he reappeared was up for grabs, and all normal safety measures
associated with normal apparation were also up for grabs. So, that's
why he ended up in the very unlikely place of 'jammed in a toilet'.

Also, as someone else pointed out, Montague probably didn't have a
specific destination in mind. He probably envisioned himself as 'out
of here', and focused all his magic on accomplishing that. That also
doesn't make for a very controlled apparation.

A lot of speculation, but it seems like reasonable speculation to me.

Steve/bboyminn