Plot Oversight in PS/SS?

[Deb]

No: HPFGUIDX 138894

> Geoff:
 > <snip> If Quirrell had 
 > solved the logic problem, how is it that there was still some of 
the 
 > liquid in the little bottle which we are told that Harry drained 
at one 
 > gulp?
 
> Now that you meantion it..it seems like Hermione should have 
explained the logic and 
> then interjected "Besides, that potion is already half consumed."
> 
> Also, back to the chess game that reset itself...did DD have to 
play a round to get to 
> Harry? Was the chess board set to only play two rounds? 
Yeah...there are holes in the 
> plot...
 
> As I'm, listening to the HBP I'm thinking that the reason people 
have to apperate a distance 
> from their intended destination isn't explained that well. DD 
tries to pass it off as 
> politeness when they go see Slughorn, but that doesn't eplain 
Narcissa & Beletrix nor does 
> it explain the cave.

1-I think that the protections of the Stone would reset as long as 
the stone was still in its hiding place. Once it has been retrieved 
though they would stop being necessary for the Stone's safety and 
then would cease to work. This would explain the reset chess game, 
the full potions bottles in the logic puzzle, and the keys that were 
still flying. DD might have had to get past the Devil's Snare but my 
guess would be that the other things had just have become inert when 
Harry retrieved the Stone. 

2-It seems to me that we have never seen anyone Apparate into a 
building or out of one (except at the MOM where there as specific 
Apparation sites). Everyone arrives or leaves outside the door of 
their destinations. Folks can Apparate inside a building ... like 
Fred and George do .... but there may be something about Apparation 
that precludes appearing inside of a building. Also from the 
Apparation lessions it is apparent that one needs to know exactly 
where one is going... as Twycross says "Step one: Fix your mind 
firmly upon the desired *destination*". One has to be able to 
visualize exactly where one is going... and if you have not been 
there before then I guess you'd best visualize a large empty field 
or parking lot nearby. It would probably quite horrible to Apparate 
into a wall. And if you are going to a building where there are 
other people you would not want to arrive in the same space that 
someone else is occupying at that moment.  
 Deb