OOP: Mysteries and Inconsistencies

[watsola79]

No: HPFGUIDX 63190

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fran" <bobbins29 at h...> wrote:
> In reply to queries about the Thestral debate, here's my take on 
why it was neither an error nor particularly mysterious:
> 
> pg 349:  '"The only people who can see Thestrals," she [Hermione] 
> said, "are people who have seen death."
> 
> "Tha's exactly right," said Hagrid solemnly...'
> 
> Now, the obvious 'mistake' here is that Harry did not see Cedric 
> die in that he had his eyes shut at the time - therefore he should 
> have seen Thestrals earlier on (because he'd been with Quirrel and 
> his mother when they'd died).  


Also, presuming that it was Cedric's death that gave Harry the 
ability to see the Thestrals for the first time this year, why did 
he not see them going home last year?  

- Lana Lovegood