Even if you can't conjure food out of thin air, what's wrong with a good old "Accio food?" (As the other fugitives do...)
Or, if that's a big problem.. why not have had Bill withdraw funds from Harry's account and exchange it for Muggle money? He did it before. Why couldn't he have done it prior to (or after) the 7 Potters? Even if they didn't get it exchanged... it's gold, innit? Transfigure it into a necklace and pawn it.
Or, take a piece of wood or stone, transfigure that into gold, transfigure that into a necklace and pawn it.
Or, show up at Fred and George's one night and ask them for some cash. It's not like they aren't rich.
JKR must have really wanted this section in the story, because the way things are set up, it's harder to have this happen than to have almost any other scenario.
Although... if we had had the Trio lose their wands early on (maybe in the Ministry adventure), then this would make a lot more sense. And it would be truly exciting and frightening. It should be terrifying to a wizard not to have a wand after relying on it for six years. But when Harry does lose his wand later on, he just comes off as whiny. Maybe because Hermione simply continued doing everything for him like she'd been doing earlier, so what was the difference?
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Date: 2008-12-19 06:30 pm (UTC)Or, if that's a big problem.. why not have had Bill withdraw funds from Harry's account and exchange it for Muggle money? He did it before. Why couldn't he have done it prior to (or after) the 7 Potters? Even if they didn't get it exchanged... it's gold, innit? Transfigure it into a necklace and pawn it.
Or, take a piece of wood or stone, transfigure that into gold, transfigure that into a necklace and pawn it.
Or, show up at Fred and George's one night and ask them for some cash. It's not like they aren't rich.
JKR must have really wanted this section in the story, because the way things are set up, it's harder to have this happen than to have almost any other scenario.
Although... if we had had the Trio lose their wands early on (maybe in the Ministry adventure), then this would make a lot more sense. And it would be truly exciting and frightening. It should be terrifying to a wizard not to have a wand after relying on it for six years. But when Harry does lose his wand later on, he just comes off as whiny. Maybe because Hermione simply continued doing everything for him like she'd been doing earlier, so what was the difference?