[HPforGrownups] Convenient Plot Devices

[manic]

No: HPFGUIDX 43689

--- Barb P <psychic_serpent at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 

> I think you've greatly oversimplified the wizarding world JKR has
> created.  And many spells and potions (like the Wolfsbane Potion) are
> beyond many people.  Apparating isn't something all magical people
> can do.  Conjuring a Patronus is "very advanced magic," according to
> Hermione (who, incidentally, isn't even very good at flying a broom,
> so one hopes she'll eventually learn to Apparate).  As Moody/Crouch
> said, if any of the fourth-year Gryffindors had tried to cast the
> Killing Curse on him, they might be lucky to give him a nosebleed. 
> Do you think if this stuff were easy they'd have to spend seven years
> learning it?


I guess my point was, and I was probably a bit too flippant about it,
was no matter what the governing laws are. No matter how long it takes
to learn something, I have to look at the books with a great deal of
wonderment. It's a bouquet of deus ex machina devices.And this isn't a
bad thing, it's a testament to how detailed this world is. 

When Harry began at Hogwarts he had little to link him to his parents.
At Christmas he receives his father's cloak thus allowing him to run
amok throughout the school to accomplish all his adventures. No matter
how rare these are, the fact is, our hero now has something that allows
him to sneak about everywhere without the threat of being seen. The
same is true for the Maurauders Map, it is given to Harry at the exact
moment he requires it.

When use of a time turner is needed to rescue Sirius, how convenient it
is that Hermione already had one because she was taking every single
class Hogwarts had to offer, except Divination.

When Harry needs to see information that has been kept from him,
Dumbledore's pensieve is sitting there on the desk, just where Harry
'might' want to look into it.

While all these things have rules and regulations on how and why to use
them, the very fact that they exist makes me laugh. With complete
enjoyment. The sheer detail of the wizarding world fascinates me.

toodles

manic

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