Snape's minor memories (Was: Snape and Dumbledore on the Tower)

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 165517

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <mcrudele78 at ...> wrote:

> How about the time when the Order comes to pick up Harry at the 
> Dursleys. Now Harry couldn't Apparate yet, but one of the Order 
> surely could have taken him side-along. Except..., they were trying 
> to minimize the amount of magic they were using, plus they needed to 
> bring Harry's trunk which I don't think you can do when you Apparate. 
> Add to that where they were going (12 GP) required an outside 
> approach which probably also means the trunk couldn't have been 
> magicked there, at least not to inside the house.  Does this qualify, 
> Zanooda? :-)


Well, yeah, kind of :-). This is a great example, but I wanted to come 
up with something not from the book. I wanted to think of some 
hypothetical situation and apply it to Snape, because the discussion 
was about Snape's flying ability.

I tried to imagine where and when a broom would be better than 
Apparition (in general). I didn't give it much thought since, but I can 
see one disadvantage of Apparition: you don't know what awaits you on 
the other end of "the hosepipe", as you say.

If you are out of luck, you can unexpectedly reappear right in front of 
some Muggle, for example. Remember Charlie Weasley's first Apparition 
test? OK, that happened because he missed his target, but anyway, even 
if you appear on the right spot, you have no idea what's there. A broom 
gives you the advantage of seeing what's going on when you approach 
your destination.


> Mike, thinking broom flying sounds a whole lot more fun than 
> Apparating, and besides, why not enjoy the view? Ya can't do that 
> while squeezing through a garden hose/hosepipe.


I never doubted you would prefer flying, considering your profession 
and all :-). I myself thought that flying a broom would be horrible, 
until I found out about the Cushioning Charm. The Cushioning Charm 
changes everything, of course :-). Without it, broom flying would be 
regular pain in the ass (literally!). <bg>

Take care, Mike!

zanooda