Harry Potter plotholes/ goofs that really annoy you

[Aproductofmyera80s]

I absolutely love Harry Potter, I watch it twice a year, would watch it more if I had the time. One plothole that gets me every time, so Fred and George had the marauders map all that time and didn’t notice that Ron’s rat was Peter pettigrew?
every time I watch it, it grinds my gears.
any one else notice anything?

In the book, all students under 17 are made to leave via the passage to the Hogs Head and anyone over 17 who doesn't want to fight goes too. The Slytherins aren't locked up, they leave with everyone else. Slughorn leads the second wave of fighters into battle from Hogsmeade just as it looks like the first half of the army will be defeated.

Every time I re-read the books something else pops out to irritate me. This time round it was the fact that, despite believing that Sirius was a traitorous murderer, Lupin did not make anyone aware of the Hogsmeade passage under the one eyed witch. He wouldn't have had to reveal the full extent of the marauders full moon shenanigans, just that they had discovered a secret passage.

I now find OotP quite a tough read because of the terrible decisions made by all the characters. Keeping Harry in the dark about the prophecy was completely ridiculous, and then expecting him to actually try to learn occlumency from Snape without a real reason? The bloody mirror, why didn't Sirius remind him of it when they spoke in the fire? The fact that they lured Harry to the DoM because Voldemort couldn't risk being seen in the ministry, but he blinking well turned up anyway?! It's hardly likes security was any great shakes, given a load of fugitive Death Eaters were having a tea party down there.

Lily couldn’t disapparate with baby Harry - she would risk him splinching.
It happens to Ron in book seven when they are escaping the ministry. Disapparating is a skill that can lead to injury if done incorrectly.

snape was half muggle but all the death eaters respected him? i understand though it's bc voldermort liked him which meant he was to be respected.

They don't buy the tickets, Arthur Wesley gets them through a work colleague.

Harry gives the twins his winnings from the triwizard tournament that's how they have 30+

Oh wait - I see what you mean.

Voldemort wasn’t pure blood either. I thought it was a deliberate parallel to Hitler and the Nazis i.E Hitler himself, and many prominent Nazis weren’t blonde hair and blue eyed.

The twins had been selling their magic jokes that's how they had money, they only get the triwizard winning at the end of GOF.

Mine is Veritaserum....why was it not used more often, could have been used on Sirius in POA, could have even used it on Harry etc.

Yes exactly.

I feel like the "you're too young to know"s are completely random. Keeping the prophecy from Harry, as if it was a big traumatic thing, was just bizarre. This constant "he's just a boy" feels like it's used as a plot hole filler. The prophecy was no bigger a deal than anything else Harry was already aware of.

In fact it's true for most of the reveals in the book that had apparently been kept secret due to his age. None of them felt like things that needed keeping from a boy who was already getting attempts on his life every year.

Of course he's old enough to go into the death tournament because of the binding magical contract but god forbid he hears the truth about random parts of the story, because that might send him over the edge.

How come Ron suddenly knows how to speak parseltongue and open the chamber of secrets in the deathly hallows. I always thought it was a special thing Harry got from having part of Voldemort's soul, it isn't like you can just pick it up like another language

You're really JKR, aren't you?

Pretty sure he saw and understood that Quirell died

It's explained away that Harry talks in his sleep, so Ron picked it up there. I guess it's just a sound to him so he makes the same kind of sound and hey presto it opens!

Hard to brew, controlled substance. Plus we don't know when it was invented.

Voldemort was half muggle too ...

The Slytherin's fucked off in the book...

Presumably the house had anti apparition charms like hogwarts does.

Thanks. Cleared it up.

I know a family of three siblings who all have red hair and blue eyes

A teacher visits Muggle born homes and explains everything apparently.

Have you seen the cursed child?

Messing with time brings more problems than it solves.

Why is Hogwarts full of crap teachers? Dumbledore seems to run the place as a homeless hostel for selected adults rather than a school.

He just repeated what he'd heard harry say before.

Not plot holes as such, but I never understand the whole quills and candles thing. Biros and light switches are so much better! Why would you be dipping a feather in ink when you can pick up a box of bic's for a fiver?

Also terribly sad that everyone gets shunted off to boarding school at 11. The adults I know who were boarders are all a bit messed up.