Warrington and Apparating

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 181742

> > DrKnow wrote:
> >
> > Draco says to Dumbledore that Warrington apparated
> > OUT of the cabinet - ...
> > 
> > This seems like a clear violation of the 
> > magical rules established by JKR.  So what gives?  ...
> > 
> 
> bboyminn:
> 
> For example, Hermione say you can't apparate into
> or out of Hogwarts, but why? Is it impossible; is it an
> impenetrable barrier? Or, is it simply because no one would
> ever be willing to risk the consequences of doing so? 

Mike:
I'd like to offer a different possibility besides Steve's, and I 
think Steve's is a perfectly good explanation.

Magically travelling in and out of Hogwarts is certainly within 
those famous rules that Hermione and Snape kept quoting at us. 
One could Floo in or out, Portkey, and the elves can use their 
form of apparition in or out. So it seems wizard apparation is 
the only form that is proscribed as unachievable.

Draco also told Dumbledore that Warrington hadn't passed his 
apparition test yet. This would mean that he wasn't doing that 
specific type of magical moving quite right. So maybe Warrington
tried to apparate but didn't quite perform the magic correctly, 
thereby failing to trip whatever failsafe that prevents apparation. 
That is, whatever magic that prevents apparation didn't recognize 
what Warrington did as apparation, so he was able to "apparate" 
because he didn't actually apparate. 

Warrington did an on-the-spot invention of a new magical travelling 
spell. Of course since it landed him jambed into a commode, others 
are unlikely to emulate this new magic even if they could get 
Warrington to teach it to them, which I doubt he could.

Mike, thinking Warrington's invention deserves a new name, and 
seeing as where he wound up, he nominates "Crapparating" <bg>