Conflicts, cheats and credibility

[Tim Regan]

Hi All,

Spoiler poem (I think it's Anon but I may be wrong).

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| There was a man and he was mad
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| And there he cut his nose off
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Dung pointed out:
>>> If Hermione was able to (effectively) side-along apparate Yaxley to
Grimmauld Place, into the Fidelius Charm, why couldn't Snape side-along with
a gang of DEs? Apparition doesn't require speaking, so the tongue-tying hex
wouldn't have stopped him. <<<

Very good point! I'm not sure whether I'm alarmed or excited.

How sure are we that one doesn't have to say where one is going when
apparating? Perhaps the hex prevents him doing that. In HBP chapter 18 they
don't seem to be speaking:
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'Step one: fix your mind firmly upon the desired destination,' said
Twycross. [...] 'Step two,' said Twycross, 'focus your determination to
occupy the visualised space! Let your yearning to enter it flood from your
mind to every particle of your body!' [...] 'Step three,' called Twycross,
'and only when I give the command ... turn on the spot, feeling your way
into nothingness, moving with deliberation. 
<<<
But perhaps part of fixing one's mind is to speak the destination? A bit
lame, sorry.

One of the bits that bothered me was Tom's chosen hiding place for the
diadem (I'd never heard that word before btw). I haven't got the book on me
(I'm at work, I should be debugging an informal videoconference terminal
idea we're building) but doesn't Tom choose the room because he thinks
others will not find it. Why? In HBP chapter 24 Harry sees it as:
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a room the size of a large cathedral, whose high windows were sending shafts
of light down upon what looked like a city with towering walls, built of
what Harry knew must be objects hidden by generations of Hogwarts
inhabitants 
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Surely that's ample proof for Tom that the room is very frequently found.
Who did he think put the other stuff in there?


Cheers,


Dumbledad.


	
	
		
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