Re: More Plothole Complaints
- From: "Les" <lesliemills2002@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 27 Apr 2006 11:47:08 -0700
DM wrote:
The books are filled with plotholes. Hindsight is 20/10.
How about the fact that, while Draco was busy fixing the cabinets,
Voldemort didn't think to have a Potions Master mix up some Felix
Felicis for the Death Eaters invading the castle? (Hmmm, maybe they did.
Maybe that's why they succeeded in getting to Dumbledore!)
That is an interesting theory. Another would be that it would take a
lot of time, a lot of talent, and a lot of money if the needed
ingredients were rare. Also, as Slughorn himself stated, extended use
becomes self-defeating, which may be why he was willing to give the
potion as a prize.
Or the fact no one has offered to give Harry a vial to keep with him in
case he meets Voldemort?
Again, the potion does not guarantee invincibility, and it may
encourage Harry to use it whenever he faces a challenge, rather than
succeed or fail on his own merits.
Or why didn't Dumbledore (or anyone else for
that matter) ever teach Harry to Apparate?
Dumbledore seems to believe that Harry already has the "weapons" needed
to defeat Voldemort, and instead has concentrated on giving Harry all
the information he feels relevant to finding and destroying Voldemort's
horcruxes.
That should have been the
first thing to teach him once he demonstrated he was capable of learning
advanced magic. Voldemort: "At last, Potter! I have you..." <crack!>
"WTF? Where'd he go?"
Recall that Dumbledore trapped the Death Eaters at the Ministry of
Magic and also put a jinx on them that prevented them from
disapparating. Voldemort evidently is also adept (more adept?) at
using such a jinx, since he probably prevented the Potters from
disapparating from Godoric's Hollow.
And what about a Time-turner for Harry? I know the time-turners are
generally not to be used. But if Hermione could get permission to use
one for extra classes, how hard could it be to get Harry permission to
use one to battle Voldemort when the fate of wizard might depend on
Harry's success?
The Time-turners were destroyed in the battle at the Ministry of Magic.
Also, creating or repairing another one to try to "reinvent" past
battles goes beyond risky. Hermionie could use it on the rather valid
probability she was going to be in two distinct places at once, and
thus unable to meet herself. During a battle, knowing who was where
during when is highly difficult (it is hard enough discovering what
happened).
And why didn't Sirius ever try to contact Harry or Dumbledore for an
entire YEAR after escaping Azkaban?
(rest of post deleted)
1) Sirius didn't wait a year before coming into contact with Harry.
2) When Sirius escaped, he had two immediate concerns (a) make sure
Harry is safe, and (b) track down and kill Wormtail. Sirius couldn't
appeal to family, since he knew they would not support him, and the
Ministry was determined to imprison him again without trial, if not
worse. Dumbledore may have believed Sirius, but would not have
permitted Sirius to kill Peter, which was Peter's main motivation for
escaping in the first place. Consequently, Sirius probably thought his
best course of action was to kill Peter, and clear his name afterwards
by presenting Peter's corpse as proof of his own turn of events.
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