minor flaws?

[judyserenity]

No: HPFGUIDX 40313

Aesha Williams wrote that things seem to work out to easily for the 
evil side:

>... Wormtail, who has been a rat for 12 years, escapes and in less
> than 3 months makes his way to Albania, runs into
> our friend Bertha, finds his master (who he's had no contact with), 
> they kill Bertha, hatch this elaborate scheme, find BartyJr., and 
> get to the Riddle house. Wow.... 

Hey, it's magic!  

More seriously, many fantasy stories have an unspoken undercurrent of 
fate -- Voldemort is successful at regaining his body because he is 
*destined* to regain it, regardless of how incompetent Wormtail is or 
how hard it is to find a disembodied spirit in the vast forests of 
Albania. (Well, I don't really know if Albania's forest are vast, but 
whatever.) We know that Wormtail is predestined to restore him to 
power, Trelawney says so in a trance.

I actually prefer this "inevitable destiny" approach to the approach 
found in many science fiction and action movies, where the hero 
manages to suceed against all reasonable odds, with no supernatural 
explanation implied. 

Aesha also said: 
> [Voldemort] speaks of his loyal servant at Hogwarts....
> In my opinion, the moment that BartyJr. started crying and 
> screaming to his daddy that he didn't do it, and so on and so
> forth- well, he denounced the Dark Lord. How is that loyal?...

Perhaps Barty Jr wanted to stay out of Azkaban primarily so that he 
could find Voldemort and return him to power.  It is in fact canon 
that Barty Jr. was much more interested in helping Voldemort than in 
staying safe and sound outside of Azkaban; this is why his father put 
him under Imperio.

I don't think Voldemort would mind being denounced if it increased his 
chances of regaining his body. And in fact, one could argue that Barty 
Jr's denouncing him did just that.  If Barty Jr. had proclaimed his 
undying devotion to Voldemort, as the woman in the Pensieve scene did, 
his parents might not have helped him escape, and he would not have 
been available to help Voldemort regain power. 

There are a number of things in the Harry Potter books that I see as 
plot holes, but not these particular things.

-- Judy