CHAPDISC: DH12, Magic is Might

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 180835

--- "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > > Discussion Questions
> > > 
> > > 1. Were you surprised that the trio were apparating to 
> > > Grimmauld Place on the top outside step and why?
> > > 
> > 
> > bboyminn:
> > 
> > Actually, no, it made perfect sense to me. Though I don't
> > think anything in the previous books established that the
> > top step was inside the bounds of the Secret Keeper Charm,
> > it still made sense to me.
> 
> Potioncat:
> Lupin established it in the previous chapter. He said he had
> to be careful to arrive at the top step. Before we had been 
> told that you could look into the window and not see the 
> person under the FC.
> 

bboyminn:

Right, but I meant it really hadn't been established in 
previous books. When it occurred in this book, regardless
of what chapter, I accepted it easily.

Regarding looking in the window, that was a very general
statement made by Prof. Flitwick when explaining the
Fidelius Charm in general. But we have seen that it works
very differently on the Black House. In this case, the
house itself is hidden from view unless you know the
Secret.

> Potioncat:
>
> Although I don't know why the residents of the house couldn't
> Disaparate from inside the house and Apparate back into the
> house. DD told us in HBP that it was custom not to do so 
> when going to another wizard's house.
>

bboyminn:

Well, like Hogwarts, but to a lesser extent, all magic houses
and businesses are protected from Apparation/Disapparation. 
What is to stop someone from Apparating into Fortesues and
eating all the ice cream in the middle of the night? Well,
only the anti-apparation jinxes. Notice, Mr. Weasley does 
not apparate into or out of his own house. He walks out the
front door and apparates. It seems logical he does that
because his house, like most magical houses is protected by
anti-apparation jinxes.

Just a thought.

steve/bboyminn