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** [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom| Good old lovable idiot Horace Slugthorn]], the guy who inadvertently told Tom Riddle about Horacruxes in the first place. Poor guy was [[Properly Paranoid| paranoid that the Death Eaters would try to silence him]], but one has to wonder, did they even try at all? One would think Voldemort would put at least some effort into eliminating this dangerous loose end, but no, Slugthorn not only lived long enough to retire, but come out of retirement, and eventually give Harry the info he needed to take down Voldemort. |
** [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom| Good old lovable idiot Horace Slugthorn]], the guy who inadvertently told Tom Riddle about Horacruxes in the first place. Poor guy was [[Properly Paranoid| paranoid that the Death Eaters would try to silence him]], but one has to wonder, did they even try at all? One would think Voldemort would put at least some effort into eliminating this dangerous loose end, but no, Slugthorn not only lived long enough to retire, but come out of retirement, and eventually give Harry the info he needed to take down Voldemort. |
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** And finally, there’s the Time Turners, a major plot device (and a lot of wasted potential) in Prisoner of Azkaban. This device was ''invented'' by Lucius Malfoy (one of the Death Eaters), and despite how powerful it was, seemed easy to get, given how many the Ministry of Magic had. Sure, there are rules governing their use, but when has Voldemort cared about that? He had so many chances to grab one, and could have used it to undo any of the mistakes he made on this list, but it never seemed to occur to him. |
** And finally, there’s the Time Turners, a major plot device (and a lot of wasted potential) in Prisoner of Azkaban. This device was ''invented'' by Lucius Malfoy (one of the Death Eaters), and despite how powerful it was, seemed easy to get, given how many the Ministry of Magic had. Sure, there are rules governing their use, but when has Voldemort cared about that? He had so many chances to grab one, and could have used it to undo any of the mistakes he made on this list, but it never seemed to occur to him. |
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* From ''[[The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]; Killing a man in public and leaving behind part of the murder weapon wasn't the brightest idea on Hyde's part, and he does a sloppy job burning his papers at his rented room before fleeing, leaving many of them still legible. Indeed, Utterson recognizes the cane as belonging to Jekyll, confirming that the Mr. Hyde who killed Sir Danvers Carew is the "friend" of Jekyll he knows. |
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