60 Mind-Blowing Harry Potter Plot Holes (MEGA COMPILATION)

[@HarryPotterTheory]

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[@Poodle_Gun]

I couldn't find this anywhere, But do you think it's possible that Sirius Black and Severus Snape are brothers? -same eye and hair color -similar sounding names -betrayed James and Lily in the opposite but same ways -still regret it -both tried to kill each other -Snape’s mom leaves the wizarding world to marry a Muggle

[@littlejohnnystrikesagain9853]

😅😊

[@arinerm1331]

The last plothole -- how did Sirius buy Harry's broom? -- was explained quite well in the book. Sirius explained to Harry that Crookshanks delivered the order form, and that Sirius included instructions to take the gold from Sirius' vault at Gringott's. Goblins wouldn't have helped the Ministry track down a wizard. Goblins wouldn't have cared.

[@FabricatedPheonix]

This guy really doesnt seem to know all thatuch about Harry Potter

[@arinerm1331]

@@FabricatedPheonix It does seem that he is a bit inconsistent about canon. Sometimes he seems to take the movies as canon; less often he seems to use book canon.

[@Octoberdoomster1]

My ex explained that the creatures of the bank don’t care about the legal status of bank holders. So even though it was possible for black to use his money.

[@StrifeSoul990]

​@@Octoberdoomster1Goblins hate wizards. Especially the ministry. They wouldn't have cared. Unless goblins were dying.

[@Divyanshi-pj5kk]

but why hermione has to convert into bellatrix she could also use this easy way

[@billjoyce5103]

I think the best explanation for the Stone argument is that Flamel wasn’t ready to give it up quite yet but because he saw how dangerous it would be in the wrong hands it convinced him to let Albus destroy it

[@anniebot_45-73]

or albus could have lied about it being destroyed. he's good at that.

[@hjpngmw]

From the beginning list: Harry DID try to contact Sirius after his vision. He used Umbridge's fireplace and spoke to Kreacher who lied to him about Sirius's whereabouts.

[@jessica21789]

Exactly!!

[@taylor7454]

I'm sure the point he's making is that there were EASIER ways to contact him. Why did JK make a point to tell us Sirius gave him a 2 way mirror to talk to him ANYTIME he wanted, for Harry to never use this exact mode of communication with Sirius, especially under such huge time restraints??? THat's the plot hole. That's the point in mentioning it. Duh.

[@DaemonJulian]

@@taylor7454Harry didn’t know he had the mirror until after Sirius was dead, and he was going through his school trunk. He never opened the package while Sirius was alive.

[@gokhalesonal]

There's also a line by Harry, when Sirius gives him the packet (mirror) and tells him to use it if he needs Sirius.Sirius doesn't tell him what it was, Harry says to himself, that whatever that packet contains, he wont use it if it endangers Sirius. I don't exactly remeber where in the book it is, Maybe that was after he knew that Draco has recognised Sirius.

[@trolletuva]

@@DaemonJulian No he didn't but he knew that it contained the means to contact Sirius. That's why he vowed never to use it.

[@dakotalange2858]

A weird thing I remember was how petunia talked about lily using magic when she came home for the summer but that should have been illegal

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

Yup they use magic by accident all the time. Harry blew up his aunt before year3, in the books before his first year he did alot. Kids cant control their magic, thats why they go to school

[@yblackie]

Maybe the Ministry hadn't established the Trace back then?

[@sweep_swoop]

My thought was always that she was able to get away with it because she lived next to Snape’s family who are magical

[@masondooley2494]

@@sweep_swoopor she used it by snape and they were outside there house

[@emjayee]

I think the laws were different then

[@Silver_Girl178]

Mrs. Weasley knew the platform number. She was just giving Genny a chance to pipe in with "9 3/4!" so that she would feel included.

[@BlastGnar]

Was going to say that. She was engaging the youngest daughter and making her feel helpful.

[@2102082]

People try to nitpick minor details when it's simply just Molly being a mother. Carlin bros make it seem to be part of a huge complex plan of Dumbledore

[@andylee6022]

So then why did she ask loud enough to have it carry like that? Either Dumbledore planned almost everything or he is the dumbest most unobservant passive bastard out there.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

@@andylee6022well most muggles would assume she is delusional.

[@andylee6022]

@@mlpfanboy1701 True. But my argument was it is a little too convenient that Molly potentially breaks the statute were Harry has been left with no information on how to get to the platform. She is also a strong supporter of his. Non-pureblood and light sided. Ron would reinforce Slytherin bad. A lot of "convenient" situations happen around Harry that helps him grow in the way that Albus wants him to.

[@professorsassafras]

The reason why the pensive doesn't work is because Fudge was determined to not publicly acknowledge he was back. fudge knew he was back but didn't want to admit it. Barty crouch junior was captured, we had Cedric's body, and both Harry and mad eye could testify Voldemort is back. However fudge was not unaware of Voldemorts return he simply refused to admit it

[@swipeswifejess3234]

I wonder if someone lies about something enough for them to believe it, that it would show it?

[@felixbache5369]

definitely, but the point still stands

[@kalypso4133]

Even me at... what age would i have been...8-9 or so, knew this. He knew, he had to have known. He just refused to accept it.

[@mindovermatterbecomingyour1561]

​@@kalypso4133he says flat out that he refuses to accept and admit it because doing so would be political suicide & he'd be thrown out of office for it

[@kalypso4133]

@@mindovermatterbecomingyour1561 to be fair I have not read the series since I was 12, im 29 now xDD Been meaning to read rhem again when I got the disposable cash to buy the series again.

[@HeatherNickless-vt8zr]

No, Molly wasn't trying to remember the platform number, she was teaching a 10 year old Ginny to remember where she is to find platform 9 3/4 and in turn helped Harry after he asked her.

[@mazdakmina9493]

Not sure if it was mentioned (didn't have time to watch the entire hour, but): In Chamber of Secrets, it's revealed that when the chamber was first opened, authorities originally concluded that Hagrid was the culprit and carried out the attacks using his pet spider, Aragog - and he is later arrested and sent to Azkaban for the reopening of the chamber and the subsequent attacks. However patently obvious that a spider could not possibly have been the monster who killed Myrtle and petrified the other victims *(including* Nearly Headless Nick) because the only way a spider could do so is through biting, and *not only* are there no bite marks on *any* of the victims, but - as mentioned regarding Nearly Headless Nick - one of the victims was a *ghost,* whom it is not physically possible to even bite a ghost! It already makes zero sense to blame Hagrid for the death of Myrtle (again, when there are no bite marks, and - as mentioned in the video - given the fact that they could just ask her ghost "was it an acromantula who bit you and killed you?"), but given the new evidence of the new victims after the chamber has been reopened (and especially after Nearly Headless Nick is attacked), it's patently obvious they were dead wrong the first time and it wasn't Hagrid or his pet spider and never possibly could've been! Truly abysmal investigative work! But, then again, we also saw how bad they handled Sirius Black's case and wrongfully sent him to prison for 12 years, so that also *kinda* checks out!

[@usmcwhtmike1]

For the sirius polyjuice theory: first it takes about a month to produce and most often sirius acted for instant gratification. He was impatient and decided things on a whim. Also, though it was easy for the trio to make in COS, they had the advantage of having most of the ingredients readily available and stole the rest. How was sirius supposed to get ingredients when he was confined at home and others didnt want him out so they wouldnt help him

[@thershaysoni947]

It was also not simple to make. Harry had Hermione, who is constantly told to be the brightest witch of their age, brew the potion. The potion was also a N.E.W.T level potion as mentioned in Half-Blood Prince.

[@usmcwhtmike1]

@@thershaysoni947 I'm pretty sure black got 10-12 owls/newts when he tested.

[@maximillian1109]

...order by owl?

[@Divyanshi-pj5kk]

but our moody in GOF used it every hour for a yearr

[@Damonnanashi]

On Colin's camera: Old cameras work by a basic chemical reaction. The lens focuses light on to the film, and the silver in the film reacts. If the magic affected the camera, then potions wouldn't work either. Or any other normal chemical reaction. Tou wouldn't even need to polish any sort of metal, because it would never oxidize.

[@radiantphoenix_5147]

Yes other simple technologies work such as watches, more complex technologies, especially the internet do not work.

[@chillindylan2696]

You realize almost all technology uses chemical reactions to function

[@SavageDarknessGames]

​​​what the op and other comments meant was no electronics like digital cameras, computers, smart phones. (Old fashion non electronic, more mechanical).

[@frostdova]

8:10 I think charlie's old wand that goes to ron was a wand that had been in the Wesley family in general. When he graduated he probably was bought a brand new wand as a gift much in the same way Percy was bought an owl. But since charlie didnt need the old hand me down wand, it was passed to Ron. I always thought wizarding families, specially old ones like the Weasley's might have had a couple of extra old wands lying around that belonged to dead family members. In that way the wands would also work well enough, since they could tell they're still within the same family.

[@SavageDarknessGames]

The wand choses the wizard!

[@adajefferson8251]

in Book 1 Olivander told Harry that another wizards wand might not work as well. It was also mentioned in book 6 ( i think) that Nevills new wand greatly improved his magic . Harry and Hermione also had someone elses wand that worked for both but not very well.Also Olivander told Voldemort to use someone elses wand. So I think its obviouse that wands can be handed down..they may not work well but they can be handed down, It doesnt say anywhere that you can only have one wand...

[@Darkko88]

​@@adajefferson8251It would also explain why Hagrid's broken wand worked better than Ron's hand me down broken wand.

[@TheRealTroubleShooter]

I forget the book, but... as for the poor wizards segment, it was shown they don't conjure the food, at least thats what i was led to believe in my multiple read throughs. I thought the house elves made it in the kitchens and Dumbledore merely relocated it to the tables via magic

[@emjayee]

Yes the elves cook the food and it's apparated up to tie tables

[@Squidbush8563]

@@emjayee Yes, that was all revealed in the books with the whole SPEW storyline that was totally cut out of the movies.

[@swipeswifejess3234]

There was Gamos law of configuration. No money, no food no bringing back from the dead.

[@SavageDarknessGames]

​@@emjayeeyup four house tables in the great hall, four identical tables in the kitchen below.

[@terri348]

Correct. Rember the Weasleys lived on a farm. The Engorgio spell could increase the food supply.

[@missshelleysuzanne]

23:38 In the books it explains that after sirius found out that Peter was living with the Weasley’s (he saw the daily prophet article about the Weasley’s winning prize money and going to Egypt), he was heard muttering in his sleep “he’s at Hogwarts” over and over. Fudge thought it was in reference to Sirius wanting to kill Harry, but it’s revealed that Sirius was actually worried about Harry’s safety because he is sharing a dormitory with the man who murdered his parents. So I think that was the major driving force as to why Sirius finally decided to break out. He was only willing to risk it to save Harry

[@xletragedyx]

Why do the Weasley's even need money to go to Egypt? They could Apparate their kids or use Portkeys or Floo powder to an Egyptian wizarding shop. They could stay in their giant tent from GoF

[@oremfrien]

@@xletragedyx The Weasleys would need money to go to Egypt because: (1) It's unclear how far a person can Apparate (without a high likelihood of splinching) or use a Portkey; it may work to get across the UK but might be insufficient to get to Egypt -- and Egyptians don't have fireplaces (and are likely not connected to the British Floo Network), so Floo Powder is out. (2) While in Egypt, I doubt the Weasleys want to live in a tent, eat British food, and not go sightseeing. Travel costs money if you want to actually enjoy yourself. I personally like "Shaun"'s point that the trip should not have been paid through a lottery but actually from Harry finding gems in the Chamber of Secrets and giving them to the Weasleys as compensation for the crashed car and those gems being the source of funding for the Egypt trip.

[@yourbabytee]

@@xletragedyxthey probably can’t apparate with kids as we saw what happened when it goes wrong and they probably have to pay to register port keys

[@xletragedyx]

@@yourbabytee I'm pretty sure Dumbledore took Harry and it was fine. The only thing that went wrong was when Ron tried to Apparate himself and got splinched

[@Mythic_Sandy81]

A lot of these aren't actually plot holes, unless you've only watched the movies. Pottermore explains most of them, and even if you haven't read the books some of them are just common sense

[@emjayee]

!!!

[@michalnavratil5961]

If you need to fix your plot holes on a website after you finished your series, nobody is taking you serously lol

[@stevenburton5850]

@@michalnavratil5961yeah it’s not like lord of the rings did that… let’s ignore all the letters he sent that explained plot holes

[@daniel15yearsago66]

​@@stevenburton5850name a single plot hole In lord of the rings that isn't explained during the book or rooted in common sense

[@mcthunderstick2374]

@@daniel15yearsago66that was the point of this first comment 🤦‍♂️

[@AmbiKami]

Me at 1 AM, while having to get up to work at 6: 😂

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

You will need a dose of felix felicis tomorow

[@Jamesbull46]

Bloody hell that's cutting it close may need a time turner😂

[@AmbiKami]

@@Knowledge.to_Come omg yes i do lol.

[@RKIJSITFAHCWGOR]

lol

[@I_am_a_cat_]

Me lying down to go to bed at 9:30am to wake up at 7pm

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

#5 I can explain why Dumbledore wasn’t concerned about Hagrid borrowing Sirius’ bike. It’s because that happened before Sirius had cornered Pettigrew. Only after that was Sirius presumed to have been the traitor.

[@MrThomazSatiro]

But Dumbledore "knew" Sirius was the secret keeper of the Potters

[@shotgunpete5117]

Honestly the secret keeper thing isn't so much a plothole as it is characters not being smart. Why not just make Dumbledore the secret keeper, he kept everything else about Harry, Voldemort and himself a secret for 7 books ffs. Even in Deathly Hallows he's being cryptic from beyond the grave and doesn't explain anything until Harry sees him again in the afterlife/limbo. Pretty sure he would've shut up about this one as well. Making anyone but Dumbledore or Lily/James themselves (if they are protected in hiding 24/7) the secret keeper themselves as kinda dumb.

[@Satomisan214]

This was explained that Dumbledore was already the secret keeper for the Longbottoms as Neville was also a potential target. And apparently one couldn't be under multiple secret keeper charms at once.​@shotgunpete5117

[@amnabatool7946]

@@shotgunpete5117 or heck make HARRY the secret keeper hes 1 year old sure but get hhim to write a letter saying the houses address and keep the letter safe and suddenly voldemort aint finding hte house until harry goes to hogwarts

[@SWite-y5u]

Harry didn’t know about the two/way mirror until after Sirius’s death.

[@NecroSnak]

Yea. . . I came down here to say this too.

[@vignotum132]

But he knew he could contact Sirius with it

[@FabricatedPheonix]

​@@vignotum132 He forgot he had it. He didnt remeber he had it until he accidentally broke it after Siris' death

[@vignotum132]

@@FabricatedPheonix I know. So say that instead of “he didn’t know”

[@Dragondan1987]

I think Harry never remembering that gift until Sirius’ death is a big plot hole. I have used a footlocker before while traveling. They are not huge, so there is no excuse he went 9-10 months without ever seeing the gift and going “that’s right, he gave me a present”. Especially once he pulled out all of his clothing and school supplies… also, there is no reason Sirius didn’t say once during the several risky encounters they had “Harry, why aren’t you using the gift I gave you instead of putting yourself at risk”

[@richewilson6394]

The reason why Dementors affected Harry so much was because he was having Voldemort's fear of death being triggered by them. Since he already had part of his soul it was what made him even more special to the Dementors because they were interested in such a being. It might be a combination to that the scream of his mother was enough to terrify harry.

[@Galduhir]

What if the screams where from someone voldy tortured ?

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

In the 3rd movie, when sirius is getting soul sucked by 1dementor, you can see 2 dementors come to harry, because he has 2 souls in him…

[@richewilson6394]

@@Galduhir The scream I think was voldemort's moment in his memory of when he realized that he might die. Since she just died at that moment by screaming. Any child hearing a scream like that would be scared too because of the sudden high pitch.

[@Jamesbull46]

I thought so too, but Voldemort says dementors are his natural Allies, which still doesn't add up because they sure sucked the soul right out of his death eater Barty crouch jr

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

@@Jamesbull46 dementors suck all happiness out, so yes they ally to voldemort because they sense no happiness or soul to suck out of him. Also, he offers to feed them almost unlimited muggle borns. He delivered on his promise when he had muggle borns go to the ministry to be accused of stealing their magic even if ollivander really did sell them their wands and learned it at hogwarts. Then they would be given the dementors kiss after this accusation.

[@leegaul2161]

This is the problem with building large worlds full of mcguffins like magic. An author's main goal is to create a series of dilemmas for the characters to resolve on their way through the main story arc. However, there can be times when a tool is introduced - like the time turner or the pensieve - that can help with one plot point, but act as a hole for a future plot point. As intuitive people, readers will remember incredibly useful things and when they are presented with a new crisis in the story, will immediately begin to think as if they were the characters in the story. What would they do considering all of the tools introduced so far. But only to see the author completely glosses over it. Sometimes authors will forget they even had those things in their story, or a clear justification exists, but just didn't translate well in the narrative.

[@tedmax6558]

A McGuffin is a 'goal' object or event in the plot, which sometimes get abandoned once the plot moves on. Time turners and Pensieves are not mcguffins.

[@ngotemna8875]

​@@tedmax6558 The time turner is most definitely a McGuffin lmao

[@garyella1301]

​@@ngotemna8875It isnt because it is an item that is only there to explain how hermione has been in multiple places at once, it does not drive the plot especially as harry is not even aware of it until much later. It could have been used again after it was introduced. Something like the elder wand is a mcguffin as voldemort is trying to acquire it and also having trying to be the owner of the wand to become the most powerful wizard. He fails the latter and harry destroys it to not have it fall into the wrong hands. The wand drives the plot. A good example of a mcguffin is the ark of the covenant from raiders of the lost ark or even the philosphers stone from the first book and film.

[@slangoognals]

Your explanation of the Dementors plothole made me think of another: If Harry didn't process his parents' death enough to see Thestrals, how did he process it enough to relive his mother's dying screams when faced with Dementors? His baby self shouldn't have remembered that let alone recognized it as an intense trauma for a Dementor to dig up.

[@anthonyfisher9413]

Not his memory but the piece of voldy in him

[@asdfghjkllkjhgfdsa8725]

Why tf would they make someone who cant do magic be the janitor? Any time he complains about cleaning up after students i think how anyone in that castle could clean that mess in 2 seconds. As a matter of fact im pretty sure there are enchanted cleaning tools in these books which just do the cleaning themselves. The entire reason they keep magic a secret from the normal world is nonsense. Who cares if humans would rely on wizards. THEY LITERALLY HAVE ACCESS TO MAGIC.

[@intermidable]

Taking on Filch was a kindness. Filch wouldn't have had anywhere else in the wizarding world to go, but he also wouldn't have anywhere to go in the muggle world. Dumbledore kept him employed for Filch's own benefit.

[@craxd1]

I think that Petunia knew more than she ever let on, because, after all, she didn't want Vernon and her son to see her as a “freak.”She was happy to keep her lips sealed about anything that she may have known. I think Snape didn't say anything about the potion's book, because if Harry had found out that it was Sanpe's, it might have led Harry on a trail to his identity, that he knew his mother, and who Eileen Prince was, which was what Sanpe wanted to be kept from Harry at all costs. Voldemort showed up at the ministry because he was called for help, and probably by Bellatrix. Tom still lost several of his inner circle that night, with only Bellatrix escaping. Not all locks can be unlocked with the unlocking spell, even using certain dodgy knives. Harry found that out while in the DoM. Harry did try to contact Sirius, via Umbridge's floo, where Kreacher lied to Harry about Sirius' whereabouts. Harry didn't remember the mirror until he was packing to leave, where he broke it. Plus, his scar was burning, which addled his thoughts. They flat screwed up on Minerva's age. Polyjuice potion takes six months to brew, if I recall, and he would have needed the ingredients. Sirius could have tried to obtain some from one of the Order's members, but I'd say that Dumbledore told them not to help him leave No. 12. The portkey in the tournament was not a timed portkey, it triggered on touch. Barty made sure that Harry would reach it first. Neither Minerva nor Hagrid wished to leave Harry at the Dursleys, that was all Dumbledore's doing, and he was too cowardly to ring the doorbell. However, it was said that Minerva spent the night watching over things until Petunia found him the next morning. Remember, Dumbledore ordered them to not speak to the Dursleys, they were supposed to be left alone. Something was off about Albus and this. It looks like, from the Cursed Child, that Tom may have been interested in Time Turners, as a plot was made after their destruction in the DoM, to construct one between Malfoy, Nott, and, I think, Rookwood. Stating the above, a big plot hole was the abduction of Fortescue. JKR wrote about him, and why he was to be used. Fortescue was well-trained in magical history, and was another seeker of the Deathly Hallows. He would have been who Tom tortured for information about the Hallows, and especially, where he found out about the Elder Wand. JKR left it be, and didn't mention why he was taken.

[@romileever8885]

I think you’re correct about the portkey not being timed. However, portkeys are only supposed to go one way. Touching it again doesn’t activate them to return to their place of origin (or somewhere else). But when Harry touched the Triwizard cup a second time it takes him to the entrance of the maze in front of the entire school. Therefore, when Crouch Jr (as Moody) bewitched the cup, he planned to have it take anyone who touched it first to the graveyard, then to the front of the maze. Voldemort obviously wanted to kill Harry that night, so who was meant to take that return trip?

[@craxd1]

@@romileever8885 There was another portkey made by Dumbledore for Harry when the battle at the DoM was over. It was made in front of Fudge. However, I can't remember if it was by touch, though I think it was, or by time. It could have also used a trigger word, but I can't remember without rereading the chapter.

[@vignotum132]

@@romileever8885Pettigrew as an imposter so they didn’t realise Harry died

[@Prophet-dw9gz]

The train only departing from London is no big deal if you have a flloo-network i think. snapes potion boos i think was kept by him as a perspnal thing and ended up in the school's stock by accident, i think.

[@Resimaster]

​@@romileever8885In the film at the start with the Quidditch game, Mr Weasley tells everyone to get back to the boot, implying that they can use it to get back home as well. So they must go two ways otherwise you couldn't get back.

[@JohnDoe-nq4du]

13:11 If anyone in the entire HP universe was going to just happen to say "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good", coincidentally, for reasons having nothing to do with using it as a password to activate the Map, I'd put Fred and George right at the top of the list as the two most likely candidates, by a wide margin.

[@shortynatorrrrr]

Regarding the fourth theory with the Marauders Map: I think Lupin would have known Hermione owned a Time Turner that year, since he was part of the staff. Whether he knew something larger was at hand, with the time travelling Harry and Hermione, i dont know if he would've connected the dots.

[@StrifeSoul990]

Plus, Remus was very attentive to find Sirius, he even forgot to take his potion. So it stands to reason he might have been confused but played it off in his desperation to get to Sirius

[@stevencowan37]

#8 - The wand Ron has through CoS was "Charlie's old wand" in the sense that Charlie used it before he did, but it wasn't actually a wand that Charlie bought from Ollivander; rather, it was a wand that came from another Weasley ancestor that was given to Charlie so that the family could save money; Either after graduating or at some point during school, he saved up the galleons to go buy a wand directly. Since playing Hogwarts Legacy, I like to think that that wand originally belonged to Matilda Weasley.

[@elijahyoung8116]

Good points never thought of these plot holes. With the map I heard Fred and George tried lots of word combinations and as they got closer the map would flicker signaling that they were close

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

Or they overheard filch using it before they decided to steal it from him

[@elijahyoung8116]

@@Knowledge.to_Come I mean I originally heard it from the channel movie flame and he said Rowling had revealed it after the series was done

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

Lots of “guesswork” as dumbledore called it in the hbp novel

[@emjayee]

I think Dumbledore played a part in that, knowing it would go to Harry eventually

[@cathallynch1]

Filch didn't know how it worked, as the twins pointed out to Harry how he didn't know about all the shortcuts on the map ​@@Knowledge.to_Come

[@mrgallbladder]

When I read the Harry Potter books, I noticed all sorts of frustrating inconsistencies literally everywhere. Not just small details or random arbitrary rules and limitations that make no sense, but whole premises of books. Granted I was not the target demographic, as I'd read them in my adulthood, but it didn't make the experience any less frustrating.

[@windyfarmer25]

Agreed. The books were clearly rushed to meet certain demands and the concept was larger than the author's capabilities, hence the many oversights.

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

Such as?

[@Brettness]

I'm with the person above me- such as? All I ever see is people bashing the books/movies and wanting to find something wrong with them. Please do better

[@alexandrac5679]

For 6 as diagon alley is in London they still have to go there to get their school supplies. And I guess it’s not mandotory to go on the hogwarts express but more of a tradition. So if they go to diagon alley in the end of August and stays in the leaky cauldron and then they go on the Hogwarts express with all their friends it’s a nice end on their summer vacation and start of the school year.

[@aussiedude3121]

Yeah it’s just the most common way you can make your own way to school by the way of hogwarts ad harry did in tootp by the way of the knight bus

[@akhillyz4223]

Also they are wizards so probably use port keys or fires to get to London. So it's not like it's any different

[@drjackhodgins]

One thing that's always bugged me is that in 'the deathly hallows' when they're attacked on Tottenham court road. They discuss memory charm and Ron says 'You better do it Hermione, I've never done a memory charm' and Hermione replied ' Neither have I, but I've read the theory'. Hasn't she done one on her parents?

[@tonyrock1983]

​@BlyndFyre2077in the movie, they show Hermione doing a memory charm on her parents. In the book, she talks about how she altered their memories to make them think they are totally different people.

[@gunterthesinger]

For the Hogwarts express plot hole I think we could reasonably assume that students need new supplies every year before the term starts. They have to go to Diagon Alley as far as we know to get their school supplies and it’s in or around London amiright? If so then it would be a big to-do to go school shopping where we know they should and then hop on the train to get to school. Two birds with one stone kind of trip I guess?

[@63brennan]

This makes sense but I think it might be a simple matter of logistics. When they arrive they are brought to the great hall for the sorting ceremony, while their luggage is brought to their rooms. Even with magic, this would be far more frantic and disorganized if you multiple transports coming in. This is why even in the American military when you report for basic training you are brought to one location and then bused to the actual base. And it would also be more difficult to have enchanted platforms at so many stations across a country that, in all honesty, isn't that big. No matter where you are in the UK you are only a few hours from London.

[@intermidable]

And why are we talking about "all the way to London?" Girl throw some floo powder in a grate, you're there.

[@amnabatool7946]

@@intermidable or just get your parent (if you have wizard parent) to use side along apparation into leaky cauldron then take a taxi to kings cross

[@joman2729]

biggest plot hole for me is how you give a whole school thin sticks to perform magic with, but during the series you only read about breaking a wand once or twice they are kids they break everything

[@DannyJane.]

Olivander knows his business. Wands have to stand up to a lot of hard use. They won't bre3ak easily..

[@amnabatool7946]

@@DannyJane. and besides dumbledore would probably just repair the wand since the elder wand is able to repair most if not all wands that are broken

[@Twilight5007]

Everything went out the window when time travel was introduced

[@Evoker23-lx8mb]

The plot hole of Hagrid raising werewolf cubs has been explained. It’s likely that he raised the cubs of two werewolves that mated under the full moon so those cubs would be little more than more intelligent wolves.

[@RoPiDe]

It was Voldemort whonsaid that. He was most likely exaggerating, or even lying, even though is a stupid lie...

[@Evoker23-lx8mb]

@@RoPiDe True. There are actually werewolves cubs in the forbidden forest though (the same kinds that I mentioned, cubs that were conceived when their werewolf parents were in their werewolf forms so the cubs are just more docile and intelligent wolves). How did those cubs get in the forbidden forest? Sure we can assume Voldemort just made it up but I wouldn’t put it past Hagrid to actually try and raise werewolf cubs and based on this description they probably wouldn’t even be that difficult to raise.

[@DefileOdds]

So you're saying hagrid mary poppined his way to the island? That's hilarious.

[@razthealmighty1359]

Who’s Mary Poppins? Is he cool?

[@lukashaas102]

I think Fred and George figuring out the map can be explained in a simple way. First it was in a Box labeled "extremely dangerous", so naturally they were interested. From the taunting of Snape, we also know it can interact with people that are meddeling with it. So, what if, at some point of Fred and George trying to find out it's secret, it asked: "Do you solemnly swear that you are up to no good?"

[@jeanneann3545]

Also, that ghost who love to break things. Whatever his name is, he certainly would know James Potter and his gang. And definitely would also join in to wreck havoc at some point, im not surprised if the ghost knew what the password is.

[@Devlinator61116]

@@jeanneann3545 Peeves isn't a ghost.

[@thorthewolf8801]

​@@jeanneann3545Peeves wouldnt help anyone.

[@dominikblack8943]

​@@jeanneann3545Peeves enjoys chaos in any way he can cause it, including snitching on others who are up to no good. He loves nothing more than getting students in trouble

[@ngotemna8875]

​@@Devlinator61116 Yes he is. A poltergeist IS a ghost. Geist is german for ghost and a poltergeist is just a ghost that's up to no good or straight up evil or that's just actively haunting you. Depending on the source

[@xeyesofstardustx]

As for Petunia, not knowing about the magic rule, I could just chalk that up to her, not paying attention when Lily came back from school. She strikes me as someone who once made up her mind. She didn’t wanna care about it anymore because of that of her own, or she would’ve just filtered it all through in her head.

[@shoe5672]

Having students from places outside London isn't a plot hole. The location of Hogwarts is heavily guarded and is implied to be hidden by secret keepers. That's the whole reason Malfoy had to use the vanishing cabinet in the Half-Blood Prince. So, no, not a plot hole, just a very inconvenient thing for wizards living all over Great Britain.

[@Silver_Girl178]

I sometimes wonder if Charlie wasn't dead in earlier drafts of Philosopher's Stone and that's why Ron got his old wand. Alternatively, maybe Charlie has a different kind of wand now, for working with dragons. Maybe one that has an exchangeable core, so that he can switch out the heartstring to correspond with whatever kind of Dragon he's working with at the time.

[@neverstopschweiking]

I simply thought Charlie didn't get a new wand either, that his one was an inheritance to Molly from her brothers who died in the war when Charlie was 9. She simply gave it to her son, to honor her brother and keep the wand of a hero in the family. Charlie had problems with it, so when he made some money, he bought a new wand and returned the old one to Molly as it was an important relic.

[@EriiinJackson]

⁠@@neverstopschweikingthis is exactly what I thought up to explain this one too. It would make the most sense in universe and with subsequent lore.

[@BoKnowsDiddly]

Charlie’s wand was probably purchased second hand. He would have purchased a new wand when he got a job. He gave the second hand wand to Ron.

[@jasondamrau9943]

One thing i always thought of in Chamber of Secrets is that apparently Hogwarts is the only supply of mandrakes as they have to wait the entire year for their mandrakes to mature to bring back the victims of the basilisk.

[@richewilson6394]

It's most likely that Hagrid probably had troubles with the motorcycle, and needed to get some food for Harry, then have to wait until dark to be able to travel.

[@Jartran72]

Get some food? It is an hour old infant. Did he go to Brestmilk'Donalds?

[@HNezlxrd]

40:48, The most clear explanation is: Dumbledore says that after discussion, he and Nicolas Flamel decided that it was best to destroy the stone. Flamel probably wanted to keep the stone around to be able to continue living, but after learning that Voldemort tried to use it to get back, he sacrificed his life to stop Voldemort.

[@leventebardossy5962]

A few more which weren't mentioned. - Draco Malfoy's greatest fear about the Forbidden Forest is werewolves. However, werewolves are human when there is no full moon. Do actual humans live in the Forest, or what? - Salazar Slytherin planned to get Hogwarts rid of Muggle-borns, but only them. How did he know the Basilisk that can kill anyone with its gaze, won't meet anyone he wouldn't want to hurt? - Why can't Sirius Black, one of the most talented former Hogwarts student, disguise himself after his escape from Azkaban? - Why does Barty Crouch Jr want to kill Harry after he left the maze? As a Death Eater, he should know Voldemort wants to kill Harry himself. - Why can't Voldemort and his Death Eaters, most wanted people of the Wizarding World, use any disguise upon the Ministry heist? - Tom Riddle is, according to the lore, past his second Horcrux when he asks Slughorn about the effects of multiple Horcruxes. What use is that info for him at that point? He already entered a one-way road. - Levicorpus is a non-verbal spell. It it's Snape's invention, as he claims it to be, how did the Marauders learn it to use it against Snape? - Why don't the Death Eaters capture Harry after Snape defeats him in the battle after Dumbledore's death? Snape does have a reason not to, but the others don't. - Is Nagini immortal? If not, it makes no sense why Voldemort sentences a shard of his soul to die with her. - Why is Nagini disguised as Bathilda Bagshot of all people in Godric's Hollow? Voldemort doesn't know Harry will need Bathilda's help. - Nagini's venom kills Snape within minutes, but Harry, also bitten by Nagini, survives it. Not to mention, Nagini shouldn't bite Harry, as Voldemort, who has direct control over her, wants to kill Harry himself.

[@vignotum132]

1. As a young boy, I doubt he knew that. There were probably only werewolf cubs there and a rumour to keep people out of the forest 2. The opener of the chamber would probably target a single person, guiding the basilisk who could just look downwards while using it’s sense of smell 3. There aren’t THAT many people in each house, they’d realise if a stranger walked in, even if disguised. The dementors also aren’t fooled, and Sirius doesn’t have access to neither a wand nor potions ingredients 4. None of them knew until after his resurrection, right? Even if they did, he was young and probably only a fringe death eater until he sacrificed a life sentence in Azkaban for Voldemort 4. Good question 5. To reassure himself, to see if it’d get worse after even more than just two 6. Probably spread with his Slytherin gang and then got leaked. Or else they reversed-engineered it; levicorpus just means levitate body and liberacorpus just means free body. 7. Also good question 8. Her dead body would probably still work fine 9. He might’ve guessed he’d turn to Bathilda if he returned. Or he needed a magical person to bewitch the body or an old lonely person as to not be suspicious 10. Maybe she could control her venom? Also Snape was bit multiple times, and Arthur survived a similar attack. Her venom could be very weak and only stop non-magic attempts at stemming blood flow (as with Arthur)

[@toddsimpson9624]

Voldemort knew Harry would've visited Godric's Hollow, it was predictable. The real plothole is HOW Nagini was so powerful, what kind of magic was that? It was way too OTT. And why would Voldemort let Nagini out of his sight? He could've just used an imperius curse in Bathilda so she would send him a mesage whenever Harry showed up there. 😅

[@ruchabapat880]

1. Excerpt from the Werewolves page on wizarding world website: Such a litter was once set free, under conditions of extreme secrecy, in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts, with the kind permission of Albus Dumbledore. The cubs grew into beautiful and unusually intelligent wolves and some of them live there still, which has given rise to the stories about ‘werewolves’ in the Forest - stories none of the teachers, or the gamekeeper, has done much to dispel because keeping students out of the Forest is, in their view, highly desirable.

[@kencrum2524]

Several kinds of venomous snake can control whether they inject venom or not. I assume this is the case.

[@swipeswifejess3234]

Barty was imperiused wasn’t he?

[@MoonlitTheft]

Honestly, Fred and George are so crazy good with magical items, they probably took it with them as a prank hoping it'd bother Filtch, realized it wasn't an important letter or whatnot but a magical item, and messed around with it until they cracked the code after a long time. Another option is that you can 'converse' with the four when you fail to crack it, and they could've matched the 'gryffindor troublemakers' checklist and gotten the password from the items itself as a 'hey try this and continue our work'. Also, at about 15:00 minutes in - Doesn't Harry try but fail to contact Sirius before he goes to the ministry? Through floo powder? Even has to make use of all sorts of stuff to get to Umbridge's fireplace. I always figured that Sirius stayed in Azkabam because he felt responsible for what happened to his friends. Like he explained, it was seeing Peter Pettigrew on that picture that he felt like he had to break out and avenge them. Before, he probably thought him dead as well.

[@dustythemexii5278]

32:21 American wizards probably didn’t get involved because Voldemort didn’t have oil.

[@amnabatool7946]

and because theres a giant ocean that would take several weeks even with apparation to coss

[@peacefulinvasion]

I hate to say this but 9 Galleons for a text book makes perfect sense. Anybody who's ever had to buy a text book for college would know that they are ridiculously expensive.

[@mitchyitchy3]

i have a feeling that the unlocking charm. is not ment to be used to much in the magical world but instead in the muggle world. because any place in the magical world thats worth using that charm on most likely has high end locks/charms on the door to prevent that first year spell.

[@kylec171]

Good point

[@amnabatool7946]

then why didnt dumbledore put a high end magical lock or charm on the third floor corridor? in the first year that would stop the deaths im sure

[@mitchyitchy3]

@@amnabatool7946 well a lot of theories think that dumbledore did a lot of what he did to train/test harry. so if you go along those lines then he didnt put a high end lock/charm on that door for that very purpose.

[@sabrinajones1573]

There are SO many things I feel like Dumbledor could’ve solved

[@Batnano]

LOL did he actually said " why don't they conjure food and money?" ? and you call yourself an HP fan?

[@kencrum2524]

Agreed. However, it does not explain why some wizards have shabby or damaged clothing It should be able to be maintained in Christine condition except maybe if it had been hit with curses.

[@swipeswifejess3234]

Gamps law of configuration. Something can’t be made of nothing. Including repairs.

[@jordirapper]

​@@swipeswifejess3234and yet Hermione fixes Harry's glasses twice. Dumbledore fixes a whole house with one wave of his wand.

[@amnabatool7946]

@@jordirapper he rearranges the house to its pre wrecked state so everything that the origional house had was still there but shattered and he simply had it rearrange itself to its origional shape

[@amnabatool7946]

@@swipeswifejess3234 gamps law of elemental configuration states no one can conjure food or money and i think there were 3 other points

[@andrewwulfking4566]

I'm 2 minutes into the video and I just thought it was hilarious because your first plot hole is like my biggest issue with the series at whole Love your channel keep up the great work

[@zachgarrett152]

Something I never understood was why in book 1 Ron didn’t know how they got sorted into their houses ?!

[@queerdor]

I have heard a theory that the sorting hat wipes the memory of the sort from students.

[@vignotum132]

@@queerdorwhich is plain wrong as Harry remembers his is both the second year and in the epilogue. More likely is a Fidelius Charm with the Hat as the Keeper which was “killed” when burned by Voldemort in the Battle of Hogwarts

[@LottieTrueman]

Because Fred and George lied to him saying it was a test...maybe no one in the Weasley family corrected them so Ron just believed his older brothers

[@lukethegoldenminecart1297]

I think a reasonable explanation for Ron using Charlie's wand was, Charlie's was a second hand wand, its possible the weaslys were too poor to buy Charlie hes own wand so they got him a second hand wand, when he became a dragon tamer he was able to afford his own wand so he gave his old second hand wand to his youngest brother

[@nhansen197]

One Sirius/Hagrid issue that always bugged me was the fact that Hagrid was even there at the Potter house so soon after the attack. Plus, if Sirius had really betrayed the Potters he could have killed Hagrid and then finish off Harry.

[@vignotum132]

Giant blood

[@michaelbollen6680]

@@vignotum132 so Giant's and Halve-Giants are immune to the killing curse then?

[@vignotum132]

@@michaelbollen6680 unknown. Maybe

[@ngotemna8875]

​@@vignotum132 No they are not. Avada Kedavra is final. You use it, the other one drops (if you hit)

[@vignotum132]

@@ngotemna8875 source please? What, Hogwarts Legacy. I haven’t found anything that specifies how it would interact with Giants.

[@franktrandicostacomedy3370]

I think Ron’s wand is actually pretty easily explained. If you remember, when the Weasleys were given the title of Prefect they received a gift that they desired. For Percy it was an Owl, for Ron it was the Cleansweep 11- and while it is unconfirmed whether or not Charlie became a Prefect at Hogwarts, Ron did mention he was Quidditch Team Captain- which grants access to many similar privileges as Prefects. I think it’s perfectly reasonable to assume that Charlie’s wand was most likely a hand-me-down as well, and he probably requested a wand of his own. Also, if you think about it, Ron never really was seen as a skilled Wizard in terms of spell casting until well after The Prisoner of Azkaban- which is when he received his replacement wand. In Chamber of Secrets and Philosopher’s Stone he has trouble casting simple spells and charms like Wingardium Leviosa, or turning Scabbers yellow. Not exactly a plot hole when you think of it.

[@amnabatool7946]

the scabbers yellow one is simple: fred and george gave him a fake spell to troll him

[@tracim3080]

This is more “plot holes if you didn’t read the books”

[@nevasoba5953]

Right

[@colincasey9778]

not really, these are all from the books

[@tracim3080]

@@colincasey9778 yeah, that’s literally what my comment is saying 😂

[@cirqusboy]

​@tracim3080 you're missing the point. HPT wasnt pointing out plot holes that would otherwise make sense if you read the books. These plot holes originate from the books and are unexplained anywhere.

[@tracim3080]

@@cirqusboy Majority of these are explained in the books they’re not plot holes. We know the answer if we read the book. I’ll start with the very first one the pensive we already know you can manipulate memories they’re not true syrup You’re not going to convince somebody who is under the belief you’re trying to fool them that your memory is proof you’re right That’s just people being dumb that’s not a plot hole

[@xXImikoXx]

If you think it's weird that a textbook would cost 9 gal, when 1 Galleon is considered to be expensive, I don't think you've ever looked at the price of a college textbook.

[@Nathan-ft7if]

The wand was worn out Ron says the unicorn hair is nearly poking out. Which tells me Charlie decided to get himself a new one and gave his old one to Ron.

[@musicjunkiie2393]

Rons wand was so bad at magic in book/movie 2 because A. It was broken (not completely but nearly) B. It wasnt his true wand but a second hand one that he was given. C. Its likely that charlie got this wand in a similar way as arthur and molly were never mentioned to have alot of money at any time. Hence he got a new one when he graduated

[@YoshLovesYou]

I'll take a crack at the Fred and George opening the Marauder's Map plot hole. When they found the map, one of the marauders happened to be nearby - Percy's rat, secretly Peter Pettigrew. He may have recognized it, stolen it, and briefly used it, unaware that one of the twins was nearby and overheard the passphrase. Pettigrew then escaped detection but lost the map, which the twins recovered and thereafter kept safe.

[@TheForgivenJester]

What if the unbreakable vow requires both involved parties to possess complete souls to work properly?

[@emjayee]

Was thinking the same

[@silvenimoy3115]

The other thing would be, you have to be extraordinary specific when making the unbreakable vow so one slip up or slight vagueness and and you’ve either accidentally killed a useful follower or are trusting someone who found a loophole. I am also quite curious what happens if the person enters into or breaks an unbreakable vow while not under their own free will (i.e. Imperius curse)

[@silvenimoy3115]

Also, could you use the unbreakable vow to make sure someone told you the truth? You could make them enter an unbreakable vow to tell you the entire truth about some person or event? And who gets to determine what constitutes “to the best of your abilities?”. I’m not sure of that was just what they said in the movies and the specific vow Snape said in the books was different but if not, what party gets to decide what the best of one’s abilities are? Does the vow just “know”?

[@DavidWhite-ss6kp]

Only like 5 in and I'm pulling my hair out. Snape even says in the movies Dumbledore was 100 percent just raising Harry for the slaughter

[@Silver_Girl178]

I don't necessarily take the time frame that McGonagall gives to Umbridge. about how long she's been teaching at Hogwarts, as fact. She was filling in the blanks to move the conversation along. Plus she might have wanted to see if Umbridge would bother to fact-check her.

[@mirrormaster07]

It is, as far as I remeber, never said in the books, that Colin´s camera is a muggle-camera. But even if so, it is said, that muggle tech like electricity does not funktion at Hogwarts...but a camera like the one Colin uses is simple chemistry.

[@darkyboode3239]

I had always thought Harry could see the thestrals since Voldemort killed his mum right in front of him when he was a baby. Never thought it was because of Cedric’s death.

[@seankrake4776]

for the one about charlie's wand, I totally agree. it might have made sense to have used his dead uncle's wand, or another wands passed down in the family. We know that dumbledor was buried with the elder wand, but I tihnk it is strange that wands aren't passed down more often, even if only as mementos.

[@MarkCoatesYork]

A Canon lens on a Sony camera, that is magic !!

[@monkeyworship8804]

I feel like the ones where it’s like “why didn’t everyone else do this op thing” can be chalked up to the fact that magic isn’t predictable which allows the characters to be innovative.

[@deborahcox-mp5ul]

What would Voldamot do with his extra long life if he had killed Harry?

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

In the books they were having muggle borns go to the ministry for a trial, their wands would be taken away from them and they would be accused of stealing magic. They would plead that they got their wand at ollivanders and learned it at hogwarts and got their letter, but were accused still and then sent for the dementors kiss. This is what would happen to every muggle born until there arent any left. Because the other wizarding schools/parts of the world didnt take voldemort seriously, being immortal would allow him to easily take those over too. Muggles would be made literal slaves to pure bloods, like house elves only lower. It would have been ultimate worst case scenario

[@emjayee]

Take over the wizarding world, muggle world, and purge mudbloods and muggles

[@DallingerM]

Snort Floo powder and host an eternal rave

[@boiyonetta]

Is a person allowed to be under multiple unbreakable vows at the same time? What happens if you first vow "I will do " and then you make another vow with another person "I will do "

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

🤪

[@PowerStar004]

Why do we have locks in the muggle world when anyone can learn to open a lock by watching a youtube video? Pretty sure Wizards like the security theatre they provide, same as we do.

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

Wizards usually have courtesy and respect, they aparate outside someones house and knock. Breaking and entering is against the law in wizard world too. Its not really a plot hole lol

[@kylec171]

​@@Knowledge.to_Comejust put on a mask, appear in, grab money, appear out 😂

[@amnabatool7946]

@@kylec171 what you gunna do if they are a wizard and set a anti dissapartion charm on the place?

[@aon02b]

13:10 I once saw someone theorising that the map might have helped Fred and George figure out how to use it. When Snape tried to reveal it, its answers were personalised and specifically meant for Snape. I remember it saying something like: "we would like to register our astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor". But if the marauders had simply pre-recorded a rude message for Snape while they were at school, in case he tried to read it, the map wouldn't have said anything about him being a professor. This means that the map must have its own kind of intelligence and can somehow recognise who's trying to gain access. We can therefore assume that the map's answers would have been different when Fred and George tried to read it. And since the marauders most likely would love helping other trouble-makers such as Fred and George, it doesn't seem unreasonable that the map would try to help them figure out the correct password.

[@sandrastrabeikaite7385]

I Love your long videos! Thank you

[@pinkbunny6218]

The prophecy specifically says one can not live while the other survives, and in the end the two would have to battle for survival. It makes sense that only Tom can kill that part of his soul in Harry. The basilisk fang would not work on him. The prophecy is very clear.

[@Jartran72]

Not all phropecies come true, Dumbledore said so himself.

[@LaLayla99]

I believe Sirius said he used Crookshanks to go to Gringotts with a note to get the gold then purchase the Firebolt.

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

Or he could have used kreacher, or a member from the order

[@emjayee]

Smart!!

[@vignotum132]

@@Knowledge.to_Comethe order? They were against him at that point

[@Knowledge.to_Come]

@@vignotum132 not lupin

[@vignotum132]

@@Knowledge.to_Come what? Lupin believed in Sirius’s guilt until the very night they saw Pettigrew again

[@xanScorp]

Another reasoning for Dumbledore not asking Myrtle in the book or movie, could be that he DID ask her, but as she told Harry "They said something funny in a kind of made up language"... Dumbledore cannot speak Parseltongue, though., so he may have realized that they would need someone who can in order to get in... but he gets suspended before then.

[@ajwinberg]

I just always thought that Colin Creavy had a magical camera that worked at Hogwarts. I don't think it's a muggle camera.

[@KamenRiderGumo]

It was a normal muggle camera. The thing about muggle devices not working at Hogwarts was specifically referring to electronic equipment. A purely mechanical film camera would have no issues functioning.

[@ryankatzenberger1672]

What if the spell or ritual of receiving the dark mark "tattoo" involved some form of the unbreakable vow? If this were the case, then it would close the obvious plot hole of why Voldemort didn't use the unbreakable vow. Obviously, this solution opens a new plot hole for how could Snape become a double agent. However, I think that the manner in which Snape betrayed Voldemort would close this hole as well. Snape never directly lied to Voldemort or "actively" betrayed him. Snape had earned Voldemort's trust while he was a fully committed death eater. When he turned double agent for Dumbledore, he never lied to Voldemort. He told him the truth; just not the entirety of the truth. Remember that he told Voldemort that Dumbledore had "tried" to turn him traitor. Voldemort ordered Snape to go do it, thinking that with Snape in Dumbledore's trust, he would be able to gain secrets and useful information for him. He gave Voldemort the truth when questioned about why he couldn't reveal the location of the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. He wasn't the secret keeper and therefore couldn't give up the location. He told Voldemort the real date and time of Harry's escape from the Dursley's to the Weasley's at he beginning of The Deathly Hallows. Even though Voldemort had been given, and believed, different information from the imperioused Thickenese at the ministry. Yes, Snape was a true master of occlumencey. But I believe that Snape ALWAYS told Voldemort enough of the truth that when he was under the influence of Voldemort's legilimency he only had to use his occlumencey to hide the rest of the truth that he hadn't spoken out loud. Voldemort only looked into Snape's mind enough to sense the truth of what he had said, but not far enough to discover that last part that he was hiding.

[@wahooman3753]

Very Early, nice vid! (Time turners make it 1000 plot holes lol)

[@DevilboyScooby]

I always assumed Colin's camera was mechanical, just like Harry's watch. Ain't no electrics to go haywire on a Polaroid.

[@H0uxdubxston]

In this video: HP theory spending an hour explaining how they don't know what a "plot hole" is

[@dinfarr3119]

I haven't read the books in a while, but here's some stuff I remember: 1. JK explained that if 2 werewolves mate at full moon, their cubs are pretty much normal wolves except they posses much higher intelligence 2. Charlie might have had someone else's wand before passing it down to Ron and buying a new one for himself. One of Molly's brothers' for example 3. F&G said that they tried a lot of passwords and spells on the map before finally figuring it out. Plus the map knows who it interacts with like in this instance with Snape. It is likely that the map saw their nature and just helped them unlock itself eventually 4. Harry did try to contact Sirius through the Grimmauld 12 chimney but got caught before he could do that and on the other side he was greeted by Kreacher who trash talked him and lied about Sirius' whereabouts. He forgot about the mirror and only remembered it existed after Sirius died when he kicked his trunk and found broken glass in there, that's why he was using a shard of it to communicate with Ab. To be updated

[@amnabatool7946]

well snape did say his name while trying to open hte map and only then did the map start trash talking i think the correct line is:'Professor Severus snape, master of this school, commands you to yield the information you conceal!'

[@davehogg63]

Why can't eyesight problems be cured? bones, snakebites, and petrification can be cured! I have asked this before, but no one has answered this.

[@emjayee]

They can't cure things like cancer either. I believe your base medical conditions stay, a broken arm wouldn't count as your base medical conditions. Or if muggle medicine can heal it they can heal it type vibe. Because they live longer but can't fix any medical issues we can't

[@davehogg63]

@@emjayee I've had 2 cataracts fixed and I did not need my spectacles afterward, so some eyesight issues can be fixed.

[@emjayee]

@@davehogg63 Some for sure. At the time this was written the options were extremely limited, and even now temperamental

[@LEGODUDE363___]

12:37 I feel like the flip side to this Is confusing because why do they teach first years the unlocking charm I’m pretty sure it’s called the thief’s friend for a reason

[@Jartran72]

They don't. It is never mentioned in any class. Hermione just knew about it. Same as she knew the repair spell arleady in the train, she tought herself a lot of spells.

[@Bwe995]

In “From the wizarding archive” it states if two werewolves mate during a full moon the resulting offspring is true wolves albeit more intelligent than an average wolf. Hence why Hagrid was able to keep wolf cubs under his bed 😂

[@Martyste]

Colin's camera is very old fashion and unlike our numeric equivalents. Moreover, there's strong evidence to believe Colin's camera is indeed enchanted: In HP2 for the Playstation, Colin lets you access his photo album in the common room, to which he states the photos to be magical. They are, in effect, a handy chapter mode to replay previous parts of the game to ensure you haven't missed anything. While outside of videogame logic I don't think Colin's photos would allow such a thing, there's a strong possibility that his photos can show moving parts like most other pictures taken in the wizarding world.

[@jwranson]

PJ Potion WAS known to be a very difficult potion to make, and Hermione's ability to do so was actually an impressive feat - also, it required difficult-to -acquire intendents they had to steal from Snape. It's literally all right there in the book

[@bencrispe9562]

Here's my top 3 Harry Potter plot holes. #3: The Defense against the dark arts post curse: In the books and movies, it's established that the position of the defense against the dark arts teacher at Hogwarts is cursed so that any teacher hired won't last more than a single year. It's also implied in the books that the person responsible for casting this curse was Voldemort. Here's the problem: If Voldemort had the power to cast a spell that ensures chaotic analog events all culminate to a single, inevitable outcome, he could literally never lose. He would become the unquestioned Master of the wizarding world with very little effort, regardless of what other people tried to do. This curse subtly displays a level of omnipotent power over the course of wizard history that we never see used for any other purpose. #2: The rise of technology: The Harry Potter world is meant to be a mirror of our own world. Well, if that's the case, then presumably muggle technology is also advancing at the same rate. If this is the case, informational tech would have improved so much by 2012 that there's no amount of memory erasing magic that could conceal the truth of the magical community. Once you get to a certain technology threshold, information just starts moving too fast for wizards to stop it. #1: The size of the wizarding world: Now I know that Rowling herself has been pretty inconsistent about how many magical people there are compared to muggles, but that's not what I'm really getting at here. In the books, there are some discussions about genealogy and wizarding reproduction, and it always seems to be the case that as long as at least one parent is magical, then most or all of the offspring will be magical. Clearly, magic is meant to be seen as a dominant trait when it comes to magical families. Well, if that's the case, and if wizards have existed for as long as humanity (~200,000 years), then practically every single human in that world should be magical by now. If magic is a dominant trait, then it should have, well, dominated!

[@intermidable]

The DoDA post wasn't literally cursed, that was something the students theorized.

[@bencrispe9562]

@@intermidable No, it was literally cursed, since the curse broke after Voldemort died, and teachers could stay teaching the post for as many years as they wanted after that.

[@MrDraven86]

For how the Basilisk got around the school using the pipes: Perhaps the pipes are meant to fit the need of whatever is passing through it. You can't tell me neither Fred and George or The Marauders wouldn't have thought it extremely funny to engorge a bm to make filch clean it with out magic

[@AtLeastOutLoud]

On the Charley passing the wand to Ron thing, and you mentioned how they tend to "rebel," here's a theory... perhaps that is why whenever Ron would cast more complex spells, they would rarely go according to plan or how they were intended.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

44:09 maybe ghosts recover naturally faster.

[@Lily-Laura-Jane]

For the marauders map I recon because they were in the forbidden forest watching lupin arrive, maybe the map doesn't show what's in the forbidden forest

[@kencastleberry5126]

Colin's camera isn't digital. It uses more chemistry then technology.

[@akmoris]

To address the Lockhart plot hole. I think that, in addition to being skilled at memory charms, he would also be good at charms that raise one’s charisma and/or bedazzle those who see him, perhaps even in his photos. This WOULD explain the fascination with giving out signed photos. Hey, If Dumbledore can bewitch Chocolate Frog cards to spy on Wizardom, why not this?

[@stevencowan37]

The Marauder's Map: It was in Filch's office, which makes it highly likely it's contraband, as that seems to be Filch's job. As to how they figured out the password: In the books, we see the blank map briefly confiscated by Snape who tries to make it reveal its secrets, and it instead insults him. So it can do more than be a map, and I figure that Fred and George likely just poked at it for a bit until they got a response, then joked back and forth with the imprints of the Marauders' personalities, and then eventually hit on the right phrase. Harry contacting Sirius - He does try to contact him. Owl post is too slow, and the Floo network at Hogwarts is being monitored by the ministry, apart from Umbridge's personal floo. Harry tries to break into her office while she's distracted, and tries to contact Sirius, but instead finds Kreacher who lies to him about Sirius' whereabouts. When he is then caught, he informs Snape, who *does* tell the order what happened, but couldn't let on to Harry that he was on his side, or that he even knew what Harry meant when he yelled out "They have Padfoot at the place where it's kept!" The one other thing that they have, the two-way mirror Sirius gave him at Christmas, Harry had previously vowed to never use so that Sirius wouldn't do something stupid and get captured, and in the heat of the moment after getting caught in Umbridge's office, he just forgot it existed. As for how it could be forgotten, Sirius took Harry to the side and handed it to him in private, after which Harry promptly puts it into his trunk under other things and intentionally forgets about it for the above reasons. Nobody else knew that Harry had the mirror aside from *maybe* Remus, and he wasn't in a position to remind Harry about it at the time. Nobody in his friend group was aware of it.

[@thequizenater]

Polyjuice potion is supposed to be insanely difficult to brew, which is why everyone is shocked that hermione did it at age 12.

[@pegas1ster]

Haggis’s wand was repaired by Dumbledore with the elder wand. It’s the same way Harry repairs his phoenix feather wand with the elder wand, but Albus was trying to hide it so that Hagrid could skirt by with it and also so it wouldn’t be obvious that he was extremely overpowered and had the elder wand

[@MrLovolovo]

the stone wasn't destroyed because his friend nicholas flamel would die i think. in the end dumbledore tells harry "don't worry, he has enough potion to get his things done" or something

[@errornotfound42]

49:40 I choose to believe that the same descendant who worked on the plumbing purposefully made them oversized, or spelled them to always allow the basilisk to move in them.

[@shanewallace2564]

I heard a theory that Dumbledore's portrait was actually a horcrux and that's why it was able to do things like that.

[@nickmullen2830]

I think the werewolf cub reference is Hagrid thinking some wolf cubs were werewolves or something and not getting it quite correct and other students taunting him about it. 'Werewolf cubs' in parenthesis would have helped. Regarding the potion book, Snape is surprised that Harry Tries to use Septum Sempra against him so i doubt that he left it on purpose. Im happier that he just lost it or like all school books it was collected in at the end of the year as some schools do.