05-05-2003, 08:29 PM | #1 |
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Did Rowling Forget it's Against the Rules?
Okay, the second book is the first place it mentions this(I think) and it says that no student is allowed to do magic outside of school well I forgot which book this is in but on the Hogwarts Express Hermione fixes a window using magic. Now that could be over looked and all since they were on the train and I geuss if got technical terms would have already started but I have more! In the forth book at the Quditch(sp?) World Cup they all (except Harry cause he's lost his wand) use the lumos spell and no matter how you look at it it's still against the rules. So did Rowling just slip or was this done porpuse?
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05-05-2003, 08:49 PM | #2 |
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I read something like this... IN the movie the Chamber of Secrets, Hermione also fixes Harry's classes. I think the no magic rule has something to do mainly with doing magic in front of Muggles. LIke when Harry did magic at the Dursley's he got the notice from Hogwarts, but in Diagon Alley, there are all (more or less) wizards.
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05-06-2003, 12:42 AM | #3 |
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yea but the quidditch cup thing was in such extreme circumstances and plus they are pretty lenient i think on minor spells
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There doesn't seem much point in restricting children from doing magic when they're surrounded by witches and wizards, rather than Muggles who might panic Also, it depends how the Ministry detects magical activity. If all they know is that "a spell has been performed at this address" (like the letter Harry got in the Chamber of Secrets when Dobby was the one who had done magic) they can't tell if it was an underage or qualified wizard.
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05-06-2003, 06:50 AM | #5 |
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Yeah, at the Quidditch cup, there were, (a) no Muggles present, and (b) Dark wizards running everywhere. It was permitted because it was necessary. I thing once they are on the train the school year has officially started.
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05-06-2003, 06:30 PM | #7 |
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It's only doing magic in front of Muggles and when you do huge spells. For example, you'd get a notice if you used Wingardium Leviosa if you used it in front of a Muggle.
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05-06-2003, 07:37 PM | #8 |
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But Wingardium Leviosa is a really minor spell... They were learning it in first year!
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05-07-2003, 07:02 PM | #9 |
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Yes, but you'd think a Muggle would notice something floating in the air.
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05-08-2003, 03:13 PM | #10 |
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Good point...
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05-08-2003, 08:08 PM | #11 |
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Ah! If I only had a brain...I could think of things like that.
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1. The Ministry of Magic, and particularly the Department of Magical Law Enforcement DO NOT overlook minor spells.
2. Find a copy of the Decree for the Restriction of Underage Sorcery, and read it. 3. Regardless of whether there are Muggles around or not, they aren't permitted to use magic outside of Hogwarts. Except in emergencies.
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Well I think these are all very valid pionts and I geuss we'll never know. Unless someone was to drag JKR here and force her to post...not that I've tried or anything...
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Yes, but it was only punishable by a few points taken from the offender's House, not expulusion or something drastic like that.
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