Perhaps describing Apparition into a sealed tomb, since we Muggles haven't ever come across multi-headed skeletons in tombs we've opened.
I always thought this was done in the same way that they stop people from running onto the grounds of Hogsmeade, and the like - some kind of Muggle repelling charm - "oh look a corridor that would be interesting to go down but I should probably o and turn the stove off first what was I thinking about again?"
Or maybe wizards have just made sure they're in charge of digs and excavations, and keep the Muggle tourists under control. I always thought some of those tour guides looked a bit shifty...
Are owls charmed, or inherently magical? Do they have super-speed, or powers of Apparition?
No Apparition - well, maybe the Post Office ones do - but Errol often turns up looking pretty battered, and I'm sure there's other references to owl interceptions (especially in the next book) that give the idea that the owl has to travel all the way.
The only magic I could think JKRs owls have is some kind of locator device, enabling them to find the person (Ron, Hermione, Sirius) no matter where they might be, and an extended ablity to fly for long distances (though even Hedwig gets weary and/or irritable at times.)
You're giving me the urge to do this myself - or at least reread PoA. Also: highly appropriate icon. :)
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Date: 2004-04-26 06:17 pm (UTC)I always thought this was done in the same way that they stop people from running onto the grounds of Hogsmeade, and the like - some kind of Muggle repelling charm - "oh look a corridor that would be interesting to go down but I should probably o and turn the stove off first what was I thinking about again?"
Or maybe wizards have just made sure they're in charge of digs and excavations, and keep the Muggle tourists under control. I always thought some of those tour guides looked a bit shifty...
Are owls charmed, or inherently magical? Do they have super-speed, or powers of Apparition?
No Apparition - well, maybe the Post Office ones do - but Errol often turns up looking pretty battered, and I'm sure there's other references to owl interceptions (especially in the next book) that give the idea that the owl has to travel all the way.
The only magic I could think JKRs owls have is some kind of locator device, enabling them to find the person (Ron, Hermione, Sirius) no matter where they might be, and an extended ablity to fly for long distances (though even Hedwig gets weary and/or irritable at times.)
You're giving me the urge to do this myself - or at least reread PoA. Also: highly appropriate icon. :)