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As promised in my previous post, and knowing full well it could make some folks mad, I am pointing out all the inconsistencies in Harry Potter, as a whole. Of course, it shall all be behind a cut, so as not to ruin the plot for those who've not not read the entire series. If, reader of this entry, you have a plausible reason for the lapse to be overlooked, then I welcome it, always, and it's just done because I have too much time on my hands, and have really read the books carefully. All page numbers are from the hardcover editions, save for Goblet of Fire, which is paperback, and it should be noted ahead of time.. that I do not do this to profit, or to disparage the series in any way. Quite the opposite, because I like the books. That all aside.. Starting with book 5, Order of the Phoenix, the very first inconsistency I noted is as follows, “Don' worr, it won' hurt yeh,” said Hagrid patiently. “Righ', now, who can tell me why some o' you can see them an' some can't?”
Hermione raised her hand.
“Go on tuhen,” said Hagrid, beaming at her.
“The only people who can see thestrals,” she said, “are people who have seen death.”
which can be found on page 446, in the chapter The Eye of the Snake
Now, here's the fun part, and skipping over the back and forth between Lily and Voldemort, the essential part is.. The green light flashed around the room and she dropped like her husband. The child had not cried all this time: He could stand, clutching the bars of his crib, and he looked up into the intruder's face with a kind of bright interest, perhaps thinking that it was his father who hid beneath the cloak, making more pretty lights, and his mother would pop up any moment, laughing -
Which of course means that he was standing really close to Lily, and had seen her dying, yet somehow.. he was unable to see thestrals until his fifth year, once Cedric had been murdered in the graveyard, and yes the argument he might not have been old enough to remember can be bought up, but in the first book, he recalls flying on a motorcycle, and in the third book, recalled the conversation that took place just before his parents died. That of course, reader, was on pages 344 and 345 of Deathly Hallows, in the chapter Bathilda's Secret.
Next, there is the matter of this, from Goblet of Fire and is found on page 660 of the paperback version, in Priori Incantatem
“Very good,” said Voldemort softly, and as he raised his wand, the pressure bearing down upon Harry lifted also. “And now you face me, like a man... straight-backed and proud, the way your father died...”
but oho, in Deathly Hallows, James dying went a bit more like this..
He was over the threshold as James came sprinting into the hall. It was easy, too easy, he had not even picked up his wand...
“Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Run! I'll hold him off!”
Hold him off, without a wand in his hand!... He laughed before casting the curse...
“Avada Kedavra!”
The green light filled the cramped hallway, it lit the pram pushed against the wall, it made the banister glare like lightning rods, and James Potter fell like a marionette whose strings were cut...
Now I'm all for defending your family, but what was said in book four is that James fought Voldemort in an effort to protect his family, but in seven, he was unarmed, and hadn't even had a chance to begin defending himself, before he was murdered, and that was on pages 343 and 344 of the hardcover
Additionally, there is one thing more, about book seven that's questionable, and it's this.
“Bathilda must've been dead a while. The snake was... was inside her. You-Know-Who put it there in Godric's Hollow, to wait. You were right. He knew I'd go back.”
“The snake was inside her?”
He opened his eyes again: Hermione looked revolted, nauseated.
“Lupin said there would be magic we'd never imagind,” Harry said. “She didn't want to talk in front of you, because it was Parseltongue, all Parseltongue, and I didn't realize, but of course I could understand her. Once we were up in the room, the snake sent a message to You-Know-Who, I heard it happen inside my head, I felt him get excited, he said to keep me there... and then...”
Nice try, there, but as this evidence from page 336 proves, he's a liar.
“Come!” called Bathilda from the next room.
Hermione jumped and grabbed Harry's arm.
“It's okay,” said Harry reassuringly, and he led the way into the sitting room.
Now, if we're to accept as fact the substitution, and that Nagini could only speak in Parseltongue, then why didn't Hermione, who was close enough to hear as well, realize that it was in that language, especially if Harry could? She surely, even if it was quiet, have heard just hissing, and that there should've been a clue.
Now, the last, and perhaps most obvious thing is simply this.. why was the portkey that was used to transport Harry to the graveyard enchanted so that a roundtrip back to Hogwarts would be possible?
If I were a loyal deatheater, and was delivering the nuisance which had eluded death by my master a number of times before, I would make absolutely sure that once he was delivered to said master, that he couldn't possibly get back.. and books five and seven imply that it's very possible to make portkeys which are one way only.
Right, so there you are, and whether you agree or disagree, that's your right. I merely felt that it was necessary to point out the flaws, and if any are found by you, reader, comment as you see fit.
Hermione raised her hand.
“Go on tuhen,” said Hagrid, beaming at her.
“The only people who can see thestrals,” she said, “are people who have seen death.”
which can be found on page 446, in the chapter The Eye of the Snake
Now, here's the fun part, and skipping over the back and forth between Lily and Voldemort, the essential part is.. The green light flashed around the room and she dropped like her husband. The child had not cried all this time: He could stand, clutching the bars of his crib, and he looked up into the intruder's face with a kind of bright interest, perhaps thinking that it was his father who hid beneath the cloak, making more pretty lights, and his mother would pop up any moment, laughing -
Which of course means that he was standing really close to Lily, and had seen her dying, yet somehow.. he was unable to see thestrals until his fifth year, once Cedric had been murdered in the graveyard, and yes the argument he might not have been old enough to remember can be bought up, but in the first book, he recalls flying on a motorcycle, and in the third book, recalled the conversation that took place just before his parents died. That of course, reader, was on pages 344 and 345 of Deathly Hallows, in the chapter Bathilda's Secret.
Next, there is the matter of this, from Goblet of Fire and is found on page 660 of the paperback version, in Priori Incantatem
“Very good,” said Voldemort softly, and as he raised his wand, the pressure bearing down upon Harry lifted also. “And now you face me, like a man... straight-backed and proud, the way your father died...”
but oho, in Deathly Hallows, James dying went a bit more like this..
He was over the threshold as James came sprinting into the hall. It was easy, too easy, he had not even picked up his wand...
“Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Run! I'll hold him off!”
Hold him off, without a wand in his hand!... He laughed before casting the curse...
“Avada Kedavra!”
The green light filled the cramped hallway, it lit the pram pushed against the wall, it made the banister glare like lightning rods, and James Potter fell like a marionette whose strings were cut...
Now I'm all for defending your family, but what was said in book four is that James fought Voldemort in an effort to protect his family, but in seven, he was unarmed, and hadn't even had a chance to begin defending himself, before he was murdered, and that was on pages 343 and 344 of the hardcover
Additionally, there is one thing more, about book seven that's questionable, and it's this.
“Bathilda must've been dead a while. The snake was... was inside her. You-Know-Who put it there in Godric's Hollow, to wait. You were right. He knew I'd go back.”
“The snake was inside her?”
He opened his eyes again: Hermione looked revolted, nauseated.
“Lupin said there would be magic we'd never imagind,” Harry said. “She didn't want to talk in front of you, because it was Parseltongue, all Parseltongue, and I didn't realize, but of course I could understand her. Once we were up in the room, the snake sent a message to You-Know-Who, I heard it happen inside my head, I felt him get excited, he said to keep me there... and then...”
Nice try, there, but as this evidence from page 336 proves, he's a liar.
“Come!” called Bathilda from the next room.
Hermione jumped and grabbed Harry's arm.
“It's okay,” said Harry reassuringly, and he led the way into the sitting room.
Now, if we're to accept as fact the substitution, and that Nagini could only speak in Parseltongue, then why didn't Hermione, who was close enough to hear as well, realize that it was in that language, especially if Harry could? She surely, even if it was quiet, have heard just hissing, and that there should've been a clue.
Now, the last, and perhaps most obvious thing is simply this.. why was the portkey that was used to transport Harry to the graveyard enchanted so that a roundtrip back to Hogwarts would be possible?
If I were a loyal deatheater, and was delivering the nuisance which had eluded death by my master a number of times before, I would make absolutely sure that once he was delivered to said master, that he couldn't possibly get back.. and books five and seven imply that it's very possible to make portkeys which are one way only.
Right, so there you are, and whether you agree or disagree, that's your right. I merely felt that it was necessary to point out the flaws, and if any are found by you, reader, comment as you see fit.