[ SECRET POST #6813 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6813 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

basically this. when I run into adults trying to nitpick plot holes in HP it's almost always from the first 2-3 books which were clearly written to fit into the genre "for children with lots of whimsey and shenanigans that wouldn't actually happen in the real world." you really do have to take your logic brain off the hook and just soak in the goofy kid lit.

I don't think OP is wrong to go "wait, what??" but then you move on to, it's a book about 11 year olds written for 11 year olds who would absolutely accept that being in detention is the the worst thing ever even at magic school. and for better or worse the author has to make up a really dumb reason for kids to be nailed for rule-breaking including a nice mix of moral and immoral/bully reasons. it's almost formulaic in its inanity but lbr yall ate it up when you were 10 years old and read Harry Potter first.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. It's true that things might not make sense from an adult perspective, but from a kids' book perspective, it's not anything out of line. The books definitely shifted in tone later in the series, but the first one especially has a lot more of the whimsy, and that often means that from an adult lens things don't make perfect and complete sense.