[HPforGrownups] Teeth was Re: teachers' personal lives

[lynde at post.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 190287












I agree that she's inconsistent here as in many places (especially those involving elementary addition and subtraction!), but what seems most illogical to me is that Madam Pomfrey's teeth-shrinking spell somehow straightens Hermione's teeth at the same time.

Carol, who certainly would have used a tooth-*straightening* spell had she been Hermione

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Answering again for myself, family members and others (it's good to share days off with friends and family, which we are doing!) The text says Hermione has buck teeth, which the spell took care of. That's not inconsistent. And why couldn't the spell straighten the teeth as it shrunk them? There's no problem there. We all think it would, in fact, straighten the teeth as it shrank them, realigning the teeth in her mouth. Just us, we know and we've had a lot of discussions about the inconsistencies in her books, especially in the last few months. This just doesn't bug us!

Lynda and friends






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