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after reading the fifth book i have found that there is a big screw up in them.
at the start of the fifth book when Harry gets to skool finally it says he can see the horse tings because he saw cedric die but harry watched his parents die when he was one year old
if i'm wrong please tell me
Lynks

When I read that I realised it also but I remember in the book it saying something about only being able to see the thestrals (sp?) once seeing the death of someone has sunk in or something like that

Of course...I might be wrong lol.

i think u r... they only said that if u have seen someone die u can see the weird animals

read on mugglenet about book 5 and If u find other mistake post it here

Is this only about book 5? If not in book 4, when Harry,ron, Hermy, get surrounded by Ministry wizards in the Dark Mark chapter, the wizards try to stufy them, but shouldnt the wizards been hit by one another's beams?

i also found that rather strange they way his mum was killed in themovie shows us that harry saw the whole thing ... but only when he witnessed cedrics death in bk 4 could he see them ???

yeah, i never got that. But when his parents died didnt his dad die first and then his mom. So, when the echos came out and his dad was first and his mom second that was wrong

i think sooo.

BUMPING TO MERGE

ok

He didnt SEE his parents die...

He just saw the green light remember
he was prob on his back looking into the ceiling

well, also it probably did not register in harry's mind what exactly is going on. i mean children's thoughts...especially only a one year old one, probably will not remember it. i mean, when you're older (like luna when she was 7 i think it was), you'll never forget someone snuffing it infront of your eyes. i mean his whole life harry will never forget cedric dying. i also think its the sense of horror and loss the death you SEE inspired. that dreading feeling i think also helps people see the thestrals. i duno i mean honestly how many of you can vividly recall details from when you were one year old?

so they sey but to me bing in a cot with ur mum being killed rite next too you im sure you will see some of it ...?

you probably would but i agree with LadySly...Harry would probably hear screams and the only thing he might see are just flashes of light from Voldemort......it wont be clear to him tho....i dont think he'll remember every little detail like how he remembers Cedrics...thats probly the reason why he saw the thresals (sp...) when he did...and not earlier.....the death of someone has to be clear in your mind i guess...

There was a muck up in the making of da books....I have the wrong book and the fixed one Its just a muck up in the publishing of it

But wats weird is harry didnt see da threastles at the end of book 4 when they made there way back 2 hogsmede station

yep i noticed that to .. but i read some where that she didnt write bout them because it was the end of a book and the beginning of a new discovery

Oh..Okiez

I've just been reading through all the HP books again in preparation for the arrival of HBP, and have found one or two things that make me say 'hmmmm!'


Post your HP conundrums here, and we'll try to help you puzzle them out!

HP1 - how did the dursley's get off the rock if hagrid took the boat?

flying elephants carried them away
goofy
meh i dunno, gd question phoe

They swam. Duh.

Nah. Uncle Vernon might sink.

I would guess that Hagrid bewitched it to go back to the dock while he and Harry were sleeping and the Dursleys were near nervous breakdown. After the Dursleys got off in a panic, the boat sailed for London.

Yeah. Or they screamed until someone came over.

Good question Phoe... I have no clue..... But even better...how'd they get there.......... I don't remember.......

The sea eventually dried up?

Maybe they called someone to get them.I mean it did not say that there was no phone in the house!jmsorcerer

i really dunno but i guess ill hav 2 agree with dark1365 since its the most logical thing possible o and phoe u said one or two so do u hav another one?

JKR may have answered this but I can't remember the answer.

I can't remember either....maybe she just would assume that we would think they had a boat or something? Or maybe she left it out.....I'd have to re-read to be for sure.

~AA~

Originally posted by ladygrim
i also found that rather strange they way his mum was killed in themovie shows us that harry saw the whole thing ... but only when he witnessed cedrics death in bk 4 could he see them ???

in the book, it said that the spells that the wand performed were going in reverse, hense the reason harrys mom came out and then his father.....his father died first and then his mom.

i also agreed that there was an instance in the book that i was unsure of. in the second book we know that they started taken the carriages to the castle and it was made reference that harry saw nothing pulling the carriage.....but if you can only see the threstles(spelt wrong) after you have see someone die...the harry should have been able to see them all along.