12 Biggest Lies In Harry Potter We All Accept

In the third instalment of this beloved series we learn near the end of the book that Hermoine, the swot that she is, has been granted permission to use a time turner in order to take a pair of clashing classes simultaneously. Upon learning this our hero Harry immediately wonders why no one has suggested at any point prior to this that he and his chums use this nifty device to avoid, let’s say, all the trauma and near-death experiences they’ve endured throughout the last three years.

Sorry, no, our bad. Instead, we’re expected to accept that no one in the entirety of the wizarding world—good or evil—has realized the potential of these devices, and they’re apparently primarily employed by nerds who are smart, but not smart enough to realize that it’s actually only technically considered to be extra credit if you pursue it outside of timetable hours, Hermoine.

Then for the rest of the series every character forgets these exist as they continue on with their danger and drama-filled lives, never pausing to say, avoid any of the many deaths in their future or the gruesome injuries in store for them by using the tool Hermoine employed to double up on classes in a school with no basic reading comprehension course.