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Anon finds a plot hole (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com 50 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Also in the wizarding world they have a device that makes it incredibly easy to kill a baby. It's called a knife.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 51 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The mother's love protecting Harry caught Voldemort off guard. It's not like he got to try using the killing curse on Harry several times. Imagine you want to kill a baby, and you have a gun, and literally no reason to conserve ammo. You wouldn't pull out your knife in the off chance that the baby is bulletproof.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Imagine you want to kill a baby […]. You wouldn't pull out your knife […].

How true

[–] toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago

Makes sense once you really think about it, huh.

[–] AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

Don't tell me how to stab a baby.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Technically with the mother's love protecting him, nothing would've worked. Also you are ignoring pride in all of this. Voldemort had a way to kill anyone he hated with barely any effort on his part, using magical abilities. He also hated muggles and all they stood for. Of course he won't be using a way muggles kill one another if he has magic that is in his mind "better".

[–] polonius-rex@kbin.run 38 points 3 months ago (2 children)

shame none of the other characters were loved by their mothers

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

I think the explanation is that Lily used old magic that nobody else knew about. Like, it wasn't just her love, it was a special spell powered by love, in the same way the killing curse is powered by hate. Like, imagine the government is coming to bulldoze your house to build a freeway bypass, and you're such a big history nerd you pull out some legal precedent from the time of Arthur that says they can't do it. It was a highly situational spell that nobody bothered to teach to the next generation because you can only use it once, and she just happened to read the most history books on obscure spells.

Alright I'd better insult this series to make up for defending it. Putting Santa hats and beards on the severed slave heads is ghastly.

[–] GuillaumeGus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well Lily sacrified her life.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Which means Harry is protected by the power of ritual human sacrifice, just like Voldy.