It really annoys me ...

[anne_t_squires]

No: HPFGUIDX 163820


>
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Inge" wrote:
> >
> > ... that there are passages in the books which really makes no
> > much sense.
> > 
> > Anyone else who's annoyed by something "not logic"? Im sure
> > there must be :-)
> > 
> > Inge
> 
Anne Squires:
Okay, Inge, I'll bite.


In PS/SS the stone is protected by a series of tests and enchantments
that a group of eleven year olds with only one year of training can
bypass.  Yeah right.  Oh and don't forget that Dumbledore and his
expert staff had set up these layers of protection.  If this is the
best protection the WW has to offer then how safe is anything or
anyone?  Hogwarts is suppose to the be safest place aside from
Gringotts which is breached early in the first book.  Really makes me
wonder how safe Harry is at Privet Dr.  (I actually believe the tests
were purposely set up not to protect the stone, but rather to test
Harry. But it's still a plot hole.)

In CoS Dumbledore and his staff have not figured out that a Basilisk
is the Chamber's monster.  What?  Haven't they read FBAWTFT? 
Although, to be fair, the newest victims are petrified, not killed
outright and the staff hasn't heard the hissing in the walls.  Which
brings me to another point.  Just how big are Hogwarts' pipes anyway?
 A Basilisk seems to go unimpeded through them.  Huh?  Also, access to
the Chamber which is a thousand years old is by means of a modern
plumbing system.  It seems to me that when the castle was renovated to
include said plumbing system then whoever installed it would have
noticed that their new pipes led to an underground Chamber.  It makes
no sense whatsoever that Salazar Slytherin had anything to do with
installing a modern bathroom, yet through this bathroom one gains
direct access to his "hidden" Chamber.  It makes no sense at all.  

While I'm thinking about CoS, why did Fawkes bring Harry the hat and
the sword?  Why didn't Fawkes use his tears to heal Ginny?  Then, why
didn't Fawkes just let Harry grab Ginny and hang on as he flew out of
the Chamber?  That's how they ended up getting out anyway.  I'll tell
you why.  DD wanted Harry to fight young Tom and the Basilisk.  It's
still a plot hole though, imho.

About Sirius, why didn't someone interrogate the man under
veritaserum?  I realize that the MoM is not after the truth, but it
seems that learning anything from Sirius under veritaserum would be
beneficial knowledge.  For that matter, why aren't all prisoners
questioned under veritaserum?  I suppose there must be ways around
this, ways to resist.  Yet, it still seems like a useful tool.  Along
these lines, why didn't DD legilimize Sirius?  He would have quickly
learned the truth.  Then PoA would have never happened.  (I actually
think DD may have wanted Sirius out of the way for his own purposes. 
It's still a plot hole.)

In GoF, why didn't fake Moody just turn one of Harry's quills (or
anything that belonged to Harry) into a portkey early on?  If Crouch
Jr.'s goal was to kidnap Harry to raise his lord, why not do it a lot
earlier in the year?  Why the delay?  By going through the TriWizard
Tournament Harry learned a lot and gained a lot of confidence.  Why
force Harry to compete? Did LV want a better prepared Harry?

Another thing that bugs me is the schedule (or should I say
timetable?) for the teaching staff.  The way I figure it, some staff
members are teaching a minimum of twelve classes. (Flitwick, for
example, would teach 2 first year classes, 2 second year, 2 third
year, 2 fourth year, 2 fifth year, 1 sixth year, and 1 seventh year) 
On top of which many of these classes appear to be double at times. 
Some classes seem to meet a least three times a week, some even more
often.  This would also mean seven distinct preps.  Does this strike
anyone else as impossible? There just aren't enough hours in the week
to teach this many classes, imho.   Madame Hooch has the best
schedule, it would seem.  I get the impression that she teaches a few
flying lessons to the first years. Then she's through with her
teaching duties.  Of course she supervises Quidditch on the odd
weekend.  Still, I think she has the best hours of anyone on the staff.