Vanishing Cabinet/Flint?

[dudemom_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 133695

Message 133580, Message 133680, Message 133681 
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kelly L." <kethlenda at y...> 
wrote:
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> > When Draco is explaining the use of the Vanishing Cabinet in 
HBP, he talks about how his classmate Montague got stuck in it, 
heard snatches of sounds from both Hogwarts and Borgin and Burke's, 
and eventually had to Apparate to get out of the cabinet, nearly 
dying in the process. 
> > ...  This seems overly elaborate to me and makes me wonder 
whether this is a Flint.
> > 
> > Kelly L.
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> Well, if it isn't a Flint then it is at least a  little flinty.
> 
> It's possible that Montague didn't Apparate to anywhere, he simply
> apparated 'out'. 
> 
> In a sense he existed in no-man's-land, or in non-material-space.
> Escaping from this twilight zone would be very difficult. So, it's
> possible he summoned his last remaining strength and simply 
apparated to anywhere; simply 'Out' of where he was. This is a 
somewhat uncontrolled apparation and that may have resulted in his 
ending up stuck in a toilet.
> 
> I think since we are dealing with a rather bizzare magical
> circumstance, that the standard rules of apparating in Hogwarts, or
> apparating in general, don't quite apply. Simply, unusual 
circumstance cause unusual results.
> 
> I'm sure that doens't quite explain it, but if we assume there is a
> reasonable explanation, then this one probably comes close.
>> steve/bboyminn

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A true anomaly if not indeed a Flint. Also, since the cabinet was 
malfunctioning to begin with, I am wondering if the rules ended up 
being somewhat suspended and if the cabinet had been relegated to a 
place where unused/broken items go (hence Draco being able to find 
it via the Room of Requirements by asking for broken/discarded 
items) then trying to apparate out might have gotten Montague 
exactly where he ended up! The idea Malfoy got to fix the cabinet 
and make the use of it the way he did is actually quite brilliant! I 
can only hope someone remembers to go back and disable that cabinet 
or destroy it and look at all the other items there just in case!

Dudemom_2000

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