Apparating -- Theory

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 131287

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "deborahhbbrd" <hubbada at u...> wrote:
> 
> Steve sets out very clearly the possible Apparating glitches ...,
> and points out that intention is crucial to (most?) magic – ...
> 
> ... The intentions of a baby are pretty obvious and unsophisticated: 
> Want Milk! Need New Nappy! Need But Do Not Want Sleep! Pat Doggy! 
> Pull Tail! Waaah! 
> 
> And they don't seem to be directional – they require a change of 
> state but not a change of place. OK, so, back to Godric's Hollow 
> one more time: is it possible to Apparate while carrying a baby? ...
> 
> Deborah, waiting for the real thing but having fun meanwhile


bboyminn:

Thank for the acknowledgement. As to your basic question, 'can you
apparate while holding a baby?'. I fall back on my original statement,
 yes it is possible, but it's difficult, dangerous, unreliable, and
unpredictable, and therefore very ill-advised.

You are right about a babies intentions and desire being very basic.
But to some extent you are focusing on /articulated/ intentions and
desire, regardless of whether they are internally/mentally or
externally/verbally spoken.

But magic goes to a much deeper level than 'articulation', especially
in the area of desire and to some extent, intent. For example, even a
baby who can't speak can still have FEELINGS of desire and intent. For
example, a mother is about to Apparate while holding a baby. In that
final second just before she turns her intent into action, the baby
looks across the room and sees his favorite toy. 

The baby is not able to verballize, internally or externally, a desire
or intent to be with that toy. But the baby is able to feel the desire
and intent. The mother envisions herself and her child at the grocery
store, the child wants, needs, desires, intends, and pictures itself
across the room, on the floor, playing with it's toy. That creates
conflicting intent. 

In a sense the desires of the baby create very very strong intent.
Babies are very short on logical reasoning, but they DO know what they
want and when they want it, and as they are acting somewhat on
instinct, somewhat on primal needs, those wants, needs, desires, and
intents can be very powerful.

I can't say that I am right, only that this seems like a reasonable
and logical analysis of the general concept and of what we see in the
books.

So, infant, toddler, child, teen, or adult, you can bring another
person along when you Apparate, it just not a very safe or wise thing
to do.

Further, I suspect that Apparation takes a certain amount of
concentration. Also, we don't know what parameters must be considered
when Apparating. I read someplace where Phases of the Moon had to be
take into consideration. Although, I've never been able to validate
that. None the less, it serves as a good illustration of how many
possible things may need to be considered, and a definite concerted
concentrated effort may be needed to accomplish the task. 

I also suspect that Apparating across the room, as in the
Dumbledore/Voldemort duel is somewhat easy. But to apparate a
significant distance to a precise location, may not be that easy when
you are under a great deal of stress.

Steve/bboyminn