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Daniel Shellenbarger
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"and because Lupin remembered to drink his potion, although it was a bit annoying that he turned into a wolf, they still wrangled Peter up to the castle where he paid for his crimes. Without any ally to help him, Voldemort never did recover, but withered away in the forests of Albania until he was nothing but a dark undying mindless vapor, and Harry's life was surprisingly if pleasantly dull from then on, the end."
— Oct 26, 2026 03:49PM
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Daniel Shellenbarger
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I have to wonder about how the wizards categorize the difficulty of spells. Apparition seems like it's a right nightmare to learn, with potentially lethal consequences, but everyone is expected to figure it out. Patronus doesn't seem that difficult as long as you have a happy memory lying around and yet it's considered super-advanced, beyond anything they're expected to learn at school.
— Nov 01, 2025 11:26AM
Daniel Shellenbarger
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Another in my "What were they thinking" series of comments. So in book 1, Gryffindor loses the quidditch cup because Harry's out cold and they don't have another seeker and the match goes ahead anyway and they get flattened by a record amount by Ravenclaw. In this book, Malfoy is "injured" and the match is swapped at the last second. At this point I don't think there really are rules to quidditch.
— Oct 30, 2025 02:35PM
Daniel Shellenbarger
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Here's a glaring plot inconsistency. In the first book, Gryffindor loses the Quidditch Cup because Harry's injured and unable to play but they play anyway and get flattened. In book three, Malfoy is faking an injury and "can't play" so Gryffindor is forced to play Hufflepuff instead. Given the prior example, shouldn't Slytherin have been forced to play without him or forfeit?
— Jul 24, 2024 11:51AM
Daniel Shellenbarger
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I don't care if Snape was a triple agent who gave everything to defeat Voldemort, I'm glad he's dead, the petty bullying abusive jerk...
— Jul 24, 2024 11:06AM