Sirius observations /Flying Car
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ophelia_de_la_nuit at hotmail.com
Fri Jul 15 03:09:03 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 132816
> > Pippin:
> > Not necessarily. It's a bit like the flying car incident in Book
> Two.
> > Sending an owl and waiting for instructions would have been wiser.
> > It's not like they *had* to take the train --what about the Knight
> > Bus? On the other hand, there obviously wasn't any time to lose
> > when they went to the MoM.
>
> Finwitch:
>
> And as for the flying car -- have we not witnessed with Harry how
> letters get intercepted enough to question whether he *really* should
> have sent Hedwig? Because you see, if someone blocked his access to
> the Platform, how is he to know that someone (like Dobby or Dursleys)
> does not intercept Hedwig's delivery? The thought of sending the
> letter did not occur to Harry, because (though Harry didn't realise
> it to tell that to McGonagall) Harry didn't believe the letter would
> ever reach Hogwarts, so it wouldn't have worked - it might just have
> got Hedwig wounded or even killed, and then what? They're still in
> platform, Harry grows more and more worried about Hedwig, probably
> agonising enough to cause some accidental magic to happen...
This got me thinking about Harry's response more and more. When I read CoS initially
I didn't understand Harry's reluctance to wait for the return of Molly and Arthur (Ron
suggested that, right? It's not my imagintion?) or just send an owl. There has been
discussion on list about Harry's trust issues when it comes to adults, which could
explan why he chose to solve the problem himself. Why didn't he send Hedwig? I
think being raised in the Muggle world had a lot to do with it. He hasn't had the
opportunity to send many owl letters, and Hedwig is more of a pet than a tool for him
at that point. I doubt he trusted owl post -- i doubt he entirely trusts it now. That
would also account for his floo-happy experiences in OotP. With floo he can see the
person face-to-face instead of sending a letter and wondering about a response.
Sorry, but the connection just occured to me. If I'm stepping on the toes of prior
posters I apologize.
deadly_nightshade
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