Why Not a Memory Charm

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 188044

Carol earlier:
> > It could be a Flint

Rick: 
> Don't understand Flint.

Carol again:
"Flint" means an error or inconsistency in an HP book. The name comes from Marcus Flint, the Slytherin Quidditch captain, who's a seventh-year in one book (CoS?) and then comes back as a seventh-year in the next book as well (PoA?). JKR explained what must really have been an oversight or failure to check her fictional facts by saying that Flint had been held back a year. Another example is the Thestrals pulling the carriages to take the students to the Hogwarts Express at the end of GoF. Harry ought to be able to see them because he's witnessed Cedric Diggory's death (the fact that his eyes were closed against the blinding flash doesn't matter); he can see the Thestrals at the beginning of OoP. JKR explained that one by saying that Cedric's death hadn't sunk in yet. Actually, I'm sure, she either forgot about the Thestrals at the end of GoF or, more likely, withheld them until OoP because they fit into the plot of that story and it would have been awkward for Harry to see them prematurely.

Carol, noting that many other Flints and possible Flints have been discussed on this list and wondering what a search for "Flint" would yield given the inadequacy of the Yahoo search engine