[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPDISC: DH20, Xenophilius Lovegood - Location of Home

[Lisslar]

No: HPFGUIDX 182914

That's genius - I hadn't considered the inherent problem in the Floo network
- you know where you are going, but not really how to get there.  I imagine
this may have something to do with the Wizardng community's awe in driving
cars.

Pea

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Steve <bboyminn at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   --- "pea22407" <captivity at ...> wrote:
> >
> >...
> >
> > 7. Xeno has a daughter. Not a son. Ron didn't really notice
> > girls until right around the Tri-Wizard tournament, so it
> > makes sense for him not to be terribly interested in the
> > female daughter of a neighbor. And after that, he really
> > did look down on Luna and probably wasn't too fussed to find
> > out exactly where her house was.
> >
> > ...
>
> bboyminn:
>
> Just a minor comment on this. Keep in mind that even if the
> Weasley and the Lovegood kids go together for a play date at
> either place or the place of a third party, they would have a
> sense of the location itself, but not the space in between.
>
> Likely they would have gotten together via Floo Network, which
> means unlike traveling by car or train, they would have no
> sense of the space in between, and the relative location of
> each place.
>
> So, while they might be familiar with the woods and land
> around either's house, they would have no sense of the land,
> space, distance, or time connecting them.
>
> Does that make sense?
>
> Though, Ron doesn't seem familiar with Luna when he meets
> her, so likely they never got together as kids. But Ginny
> might have traveled to Luna's house for an occasional
> play date, or the two of them might have traveled to the
> house of a third party to play.
>
> But the point is, using the Floo Network, you have a sense
> of the place on either end, but no comprehension of the
> space in between.
>
> Again, does that make sense?
>
> Also, I grew up in a rural community, so I know that farm kids
> are pretty self-sufficient. They play with their brothers and
> sisters and maybe the nearest neighbor, and they are content
> with that. Certainly, when the enter school their social
> world expands, but prior to that, they mostly hang close to
> the farm.
>
> Given the Weasley's large family, I suspect they were very
> much self-contained.
>
> Steve/bboyminn
>
>  
>


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