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Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:25 pm
by EeyoresButterfly
I'm sure mixed households could- I mean the muggle members of the household are quite aware of the magical world. Most of the restrictions are to keep muggles out of the loop, clearly it is too late for these muggles.
Okay- question: We have established that side-along apparition is possible, right? So, what would happen if a human attempted to side-along apparate with a House Elf? Would the house elf's magic be strong enough to apparate them both?
Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:37 am
by Mayonnaise
I think the ELF would have to be the one taking someone side-along, which may not be a skill they have. Recall we've only seen side along a few times. If it was easy then the Weasley's could have used that to avoid flooing to Diagon and all that... I think it's an added skill beyond apparition yourself, that probably has to be practiced very thoroughly. At least... that's how we regard it at erters.org *Shameless Plug.*
If the house elf doesn't actually know side along, I think there's a really good chance of getting splinched.
Ow.
8^S
Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:13 am
by Shorty82
Mayonnaise wrote:I think the ELF would have to be the one taking someone side-along, which may not be a skill they have. Recall we've only seen side along a few times. If it was easy then the Weasley's could have used that to avoid flooing to Diagon and all that... I think it's an added skill beyond apparition yourself, that probably has to be practiced very thoroughly. At least... that's how we regard it at erters.org *Shameless Plug.*
If the house elf doesn't actually know side along, I think there's a really good chance of getting splinched.
Ow.
8^S
That's pretty much what I was thinking. There was that one time that Roy got a little splinched when using side-along apparition with Hermione which shows how dangerous it can be.
I'm thinking that house elves might not be able to use side-along with a human (if at all) and even if they could I wouldn't be surprised if the magical charms around Hogwarts and other no-apparition areas stop humans from apparating at all, be it directly or via side-along with a house elf.
Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:26 am
by Mayonnaise
Roy?
*Eyebrow Arch.*
'8^|
Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:31 am
by DisneyMom
Didn't they use port keys for transporting more than one person at a time?

Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:15 am
by Shorty82
Mayonnaise wrote:Roy?
*Eyebrow Arch.*
'8^|
GOD! I'm an idiot today! I meant Ron!
Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:27 am
by GRUMPY PIRATE
Wouldn't it be eaiser to just use a point to point transporter beam?
Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:41 am
by BRWombat
Um... Don't hurt me... but you all do realize that this is fiction we're talking about, right?
Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:46 am
by GRUMPY PIRATE
BRWombat wrote:Um... Don't hurt me... but you all do realize that this is fiction we're talking about, right?
Ssssssshhhush....you MIGHT make them angry!!!
hehehehe
RUM?
Re: Parenting at its finest
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:41 pm
by Big Wallaby
GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:Wouldn't it be eaiser to just use a point to point transporter beam?
I can hear it now, "Weasley to Enterprise..."