CoS implausible

[prefectmarcus at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 27393

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., blpurdom at y... wrote:
> How did Ron make it through his second year with a malfunctioning 
> wand?  It seems unlikely that he wouldn't flunk with sub-par 
> equipment like this; clearly the whole purpose of the wand being 
> broken to begin with was to have Lockhart's spell backfire at the 
> end, but in the meantime, it paints a rather implausible picture of 
> Ron's second year.
> 
> --Barb

I think that is the biggest problem I have with CoS, it simply is too 
implausible.

We are to believe that four people are attacked but not one died.  
Nobody met its gaze.  How lucky can you get!  Penelope and Hermione 
were sharing the same little mirror, yet the mirror was found on the 
floor between them.  Wouldn't it be stuck in the hand of whoever was 
holding it?

I've already complained about Dumbledore's negligence.  You mentioned 
Ron's wand.  Then there is the question as to how Ginny controlled 
the Basilisk without getting stoned herself.  How did she go down the 
pipe to the chamber and get back up without getting all slimey?  Or 
was the monster always lurking behind the sink?  Must get awful 
boring there. Why build a huge chamber with a connecting tunnel if 
the beast was always going to be hiding behind the sink?

There are just too many logic holes to pretend don't exist.  

Marcus