Fictional plot holes.

[eggplant107]

 "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> It's a thank you letter for the birthday present that Sirius
> sent Harry and can't have been written more than a few days
> after Harry's birthday, which we all know is July 31. And 
> she  states that DD "still" has James's Invisibility Cloak,
> so he must have borrowed it sometime in July rather than October.
> Here are his exact words: "You have guessed, I know, why the Cloak > was in my possession on the night your parents died. James 
> had showed it to me *just a few days previously* 
> <snip irrelevant stuff>. I asked to borrow it, to examine it."

OK you're right. Unless Sirius was very late sending his gift or Lilly very late responding with a thank you letter or both, then that is a plot hole. However a plot hole that can be repaired just by changing one or two words doesn't bother me much. For example: just insert the word "close" into the troubling phrase in the book "The Dursleys were Harry's only living relatives" and then all is well. The same sort of thing would prevent the Slytherin seeker from being in his eighth year in PoA.

In my opinion by far the most serious plot hole in the entire series is Harry deciding not to use the Elder Wand, and wise characters who should know better agreeing that it is a smart thing to do; but even that egregious error could be rectified by changing just a couple of dozen words. This is one time where I really hope the movie makers DEPART from the book!

It's not a plot hole but the biggest flaw in the series is Percy turning out to be a good guy after all, what a colossally boring thing to happen. Here we have a great opportunity and it's completely wasted! Why on Earth did JKR invent Percy? What is his purpose in life? I have absolutely no idea.

Imagine if Harry and the gang didn't get dragged off to Malfoy Manor because of some silly slip of the tongue by Harry but because of Percy's treachery. Wonderful dramatic stuff could ensue, including brother on brother homicide. It doesn't get much better than that. But to accomplish that noble goal you'd have to change many thousands of words. If the moviemakers can pull that off then my respect for them would increase about twenty thousand percent. 
 
By the way, the cliffhanger of Harry and friends being lead away in chains to torture and certain death at the Malfoy Manor is the break point between part 1 and part 2 of the DH movie. 

 Eggplant