...questions on transportation

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 131284

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fauntine_80" <fauntine_80 at y...>
wrote:
> Hello all!
> 
> ...
> 
> I have always wondered about the floo network and portkeys at 
> Hogwarts. We know that portkeys have been able to transport students 
> to and from Hogwarts (specifically in Dumbledors office) And if 
> Harry can let his head transport through floo powder ..., which 
> would lead one to assume that there entire body can travel ...  
> 
> Has anyone else thought this peculiar?
> 
> 
> Again, I hope this has not been over discussed, and I apologise if 
> it  has.
> 
> ~Mo

bboyminn:

First, no need to apologies for something having been discussed
before. I can assure you that, yes indeed, it has been discussed
before, but new members join all the time, and we re-approach old
topics from a new direction all the time, and sometimes we just rehash
old topics. It's not a problem.

Floo Network at Hogwarts and elsewhere-

We have seen the Floo Network used two ways, Communication and
Transportation. There is no reason why those can be mutually exclusive. 

At Hogwart, as at any boarding school, the movement of students must
be restricted. If the Floo Network was wide open, students would be in
and out of the castle all the time, it would be chaos. So it seems
reasonable that they must be able to apply Communication Only
Enchantments to the fireplaces. 

Certainly, it would be a huge flaw in the story if Harry could have
fully traveled to 12 Grimmauld Place from Gryffindor Fireplace or
Umbridge's fireplace. If true, he would have just entered the house
and searched for Sirius himself. Since he didn't and since we have
never seen anyone Floo Travel into or out of a student area of the
castle, and since there have been situations where if it could be
done,  it certainly would have been done, we must reasonable conclude
that it can't be done. 

Simply, if Harry could have traveled to 12 Grimmauld Place in that
moment of extreme need and doubt, he would have. Since he didn't, I
logically conclude that a majority of fireplaces are restricted to
travel within the bounds of the castle (Lupin to Snape's office) and
are limited to internal and external communication only use.

As far as Dumbledore Flooing and Portkeying into his own office, I
like to remind people that as headmaster /Dumbledore controls the
protection, and therefore he also controls the exceptions/. He may
have personal means of entering and exiting the school that are not
available to anyone else. 

So, I personally have no problem with the fireplaces being limited to
Communication Only, and I have no conflict with Dumbledore being able
to enter and exit the castle by means that are not available to other
people.

Steve/bboyminn