Broomsticks And Owls

by **Arpi** » Saturday 1 October 2005 7:45:24pm

Salazar Slytherin wrote:i think dd saw something dangerous in voldemort and needed to go himself instead of sending someone. voldemort would not have joined the school without dd proving he was a wizard by using magic which hagrid could not have done harry just accepted it willingly.

But I wonder why DD introduced him to magic if he saw something dangerous in him?

by **Lord Malvient** » Tuesday 4 October 2005 10:23:01am

It is not because DD saw something in Tom and didn't in Harry oranything like that . DD left Harry with the Dursleys so that he would have a normal life.Imagine how it would be if the headmaster himself went to pick up someone who was already famous.Someone has to make sure that he was still treated normally. Hagrid was only sent as a last resort since the letters were not recieved.

by **Tanuki** » Tuesday 4 October 2005 3:38:02pm

It also makes sens that DD would go pick up Tom, sicne he was NOT headmaster at Hogwarts at the time. He was just the transfiguration teacher

by **Aberforth** » Wednesday 5 October 2005 11:50:06am

Does anyone know how the other muggle-borns are told they are wtches/wizards? I really wouldn't believe a letter through the mailbox. Do teachers visit all of them?

by **Snow_Crystal** » Wednesday 5 October 2005 11:57:38am

I'm sure Petunia said that Lily received a letter in the post and their parents were really proud! But yeah see where you're coming from on this - I'm not sure I would believe it either!

by **crystallised_pineapple** » Thursday 6 October 2005 5:45:32pm

yeah i think a teacher must come and tell them stuff like how to get into diagon alley and to the train stationn...

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Saturday 8 October 2005 6:07:57am

I'm sure Hermione said that she was surprised when she got a letter inviting her to Hogwarts.
And everybody in London would already know where King's Cross was...
And HArry found Platform 9 and three quarters with the help of the Weasleys, what's to say others didn't find it the same way... asking people?

by **crystallised_pineapple** » Tuesday 11 October 2005 9:11:42pm

what about getting into diagon alley though?? harry needed hagrids help for that...

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Wednesday 12 October 2005 4:17:53am

She could have asked anyone in the Leaky Cauldron.

by **Dawn The Tawny** » Friday 14 October 2005 2:41:21pm

I think JKR might have made a mistake on this. It wouldn't be the first she wasn't consistent on something?

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Saturday 15 October 2005 8:41:52am

I'd hardly call it a mistake. It's just a fact that hasn't needed to be told.
Magic probably works a little with fate, and tends to lead them in the right direction eventually.

by **Aberforth** » Monday 17 October 2005 9:39:34am

I suppose that the children would show some wizarding prowess before the letter arrives and that would explain why strange things happen, e.g. the vanishing glass in the zoo (PS/SS)

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Tuesday 18 October 2005 4:05:39am

Yeah, well exactly...emotions seem to be attatched to magic.
I can only assume that the Ministry or Hogwarts has some sort of detection system.

by **Barny The Barn** » Thursday 20 October 2005 12:23:42pm

Yeah how do they know? It must be something to do with this law for underage magic that DD was going on about in HBP. They can detect where magic has been done but don't know by whom. Something like that I remember.

by **Phoenix in the Ashes** » Friday 21 October 2005 6:25:19am

They can detect underage magic, obviously. And they know from who, as well.
Why would you think they can't detect who?

Broomsticks And Owls

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