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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' |
* ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' |
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** In ''[[Harry Potter |
** In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban|Harry Potter]]'', Lupin says that he was unlikely to be admitted to Hogwarts, but then Dumbledore became Headmaster. This sets Dumbledore's promotion about 1970 or so. But ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince|Harry Potter]]'' has Dumbledore become Headmaster around 1955, before Lupin was even born. This is because [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]. Rowling herself confirmed it. |
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** Also, Harry fails to notice the Thestrals pulling the carriages at the end of ''Goblet of Fire'' only to do so the next book. [[Word of God|J.K. Rowling herself]] says that this is because she didn't want to add the Thestrals at the end of a book, stuffing it. Her [[Justified Trope|in-universe explanation]] is that takes some time to "process" a death and come to terms with it; only after then can you see Thestrals. It is also worth noting that he ''didn't'' see his parents die at all, not even his mother. He was lying in the crib and only saw green light fill the room. Both J.K. Rowling herself and the seventh book confirm this. This explains why he was not able to see the Thestrals from the beginning of the first book. [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=80 Link.] |
** Also, Harry fails to notice the Thestrals pulling the carriages at the end of ''Goblet of Fire'' only to do so the next book. [[Word of God|J.K. Rowling herself]] says that this is because she didn't want to add the Thestrals at the end of a book, stuffing it. Her [[Justified Trope|in-universe explanation]] is that takes some time to "process" a death and come to terms with it; only after then can you see Thestrals. It is also worth noting that he ''didn't'' see his parents die at all, not even his mother. He was lying in the crib and only saw green light fill the room. Both J.K. Rowling herself and the seventh book confirm this. This explains why he was not able to see the Thestrals from the beginning of the first book. [http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=80 Link.] |
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*** It still creates a major plot hole for [[Harry Potter (film)|the films]]. In the novel, he passes out before he can see Quirrel burn up, but in the movie, he's a first-hand witness to the whole process in all its nightmare-inducing detail. Maybe Quirrel's death wasn't sufficient since he only had a "half-life"? |
*** It still creates a major plot hole for [[Harry Potter (film)|the films]]. In the novel, he passes out before he can see Quirrel burn up, but in the movie, he's a first-hand witness to the whole process in all its nightmare-inducing detail. Maybe Quirrel's death wasn't sufficient since he only had a "half-life"? |
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*** It also creates a plot hole for the movies in that {{spoiler|Harry sees his mother die, or at the very least, Snape holding her body}}, though the explanation that the death needs to be "processed" might explain this. |
*** It also creates a plot hole for the movies in that {{spoiler|Harry sees his mother die, or at the very least, Snape holding her body}}, though the explanation that the death needs to be "processed" might explain this. |
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** In the first book, Voldemort tells Harry that his father "put up a courageous fight" before he died, and had no reason to be lying to Harry at this point. Seven books on, James Potter is killed in flashback without raising so much as a finger against Voldemort, though James did try to hold him off, but was killed quickly, having forgotten his wand. Perhaps, given that he was going against the [[Evil Overlord]] unarmed, instead of begging for mercy, Voldermort would have considered fighting him at all to be brave. He didn't say he was a ''tough'' fighter, just a brave one. |
** In the first book, Voldemort tells Harry that his father "put up a courageous fight" before he died, and had no reason to be lying to Harry at this point. Seven books on, James Potter is killed in flashback without raising so much as a finger against Voldemort, though James did try to hold him off, but was killed quickly, having forgotten his wand. Perhaps, given that he was going against the [[Evil Overlord]] unarmed, instead of begging for mercy, Voldermort would have considered fighting him at all to be brave. He didn't say he was a ''tough'' fighter, just a brave one. |
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** In ''[[Harry Potter |
** In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Harry Potter]]'', Harry and Voldemort duel, and because their wands are made from the same source (Fawkes the Phoenix), it creates a Phlebotinum effect that causes the spells Voldemort cast to pop back out of his wand in reverse order. An early edition of the book suggested that Harry's Mother was killed before his Father, which contradicted every description of their final moments. Rowling later admitted the mistake. Later versions of the book, and the movie, fix this. |
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** The Death Eater called Rookwood has the first name Augustus in the first book he's referred to in, ''Goblet of Fire''. It changes to Algernon in ''Order of the Phoenix'', but reverts afterwards. |
** The Death Eater called Rookwood has the first name Augustus in the first book he's referred to in, ''Goblet of Fire''. It changes to Algernon in ''Order of the Phoenix'', but reverts afterwards. |
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** Marcus Flint was said to be a sixth year student in ''Philosopher's Stone'' but was still at Hogwarts in ''Prisoner of Azkaban''. [[Shrug of God|Rowling has suggested Flint had to repeat a year.]] |
** Marcus Flint was said to be a sixth year student in ''Philosopher's Stone'' but was still at Hogwarts in ''Prisoner of Azkaban''. [[Shrug of God|Rowling has suggested Flint had to repeat a year.]] |
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