[HPforGrownups] Questions about Apparition (Was: Why Sirius did not apparate into GH?)

[Jeremiah LaFleur]

No: HPFGUIDX 164286

Carol:

So, do plot needs override consistency and logic not only for young
Sirius Black and his flying motorcycle but for Apparition in general,
or am I the only one who's confused?
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Jeremiah:

I think this is an excellent question and, indeed can be confusing, but I
have thought about it in this way:

DD says to Harry, when Harry asks about other students from Wizarding
households (can't remember the pages but I remember it being in HBP... DD
mentions that the MoM cannot decipher magic performed by adults and children
so they trust the parents to monitor their children's magical activities.
Now, this is in reference to the "Under-Age" decree. This leads me to assume
that the MoM is not totally capable of knowing everything at anytime.

As far as apiration is concerned, I don't think that there are a lot of
Wizards/Witches that can decipher magic that has been performed in the maner
that DD did then he went Horcrux Hunting with Harry in the cave. So, keeping
that in mind, I have always assumed that when magic is performed (in this
case, Aparation) the MoM might know that magic has happened but they
wouldn't know who did it. So, tracking every single movement and monitoring
every occurance ot magic becomes tedious and a waste of time. Since Snape
lived in the area where Narcissa and Bellatrix apparated it would only seem
logical, IMO, that the MoM would have said, "Oh, look. there's been some
Apiration over in Spinner's End. Check the books and see who lives there...
Hmm... Snape. Probably having a few of his creepy friends over for that
aweful wine he serves. Or maybe that was Dumbledore and McGonagall paying a
visit."

That's how I've understood things...


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