9 Harry Potter Plot Holes That Actually Have Simple Fixes

It takes over twenty hours to marathon watch the Harry Potter movies and over 60 to read all the books. It takes a lifetime however, to stop stressing about the plot holes. Never fear, for WhatCulture is here to provide you with the remedies to quell your worries and free up your time so that you can get back to reading the books cover to cover for the 100th time.

Any fan of the Harry Potter franchise, whether they are a casual Christmas viewer or a die-hard follower, will lament the hours they've spent worrying over plot holes. Don't lie now, we've all spent a day or two pulling out our hair trying to figure out the logistics of a Time Turner.

Now the HP fandom is a hardcore one; it's 2021 and we all still shiver when we think of the line "he said calmly." So, claiming to solve any sort of plot hole is a BIG exclamation... BUT let's do it anyway. Maybe it will inspire you to spend the day thinking up solutions to some of your favourite story mistakes.

Either way, I know I enjoyed my time problem solving. And no, I didn't cheat, the answer to each plot hole is not, in fact: MAGIC.

Plot Hole: In Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets the troublesome trio take it upon themselves to solve the mystery of the Heir of Slytherin. Now this is not much of a deviation from their usual antics, but what IS out of character, is that they break some MAJOR school rules to do so.

When our heroes set their sights on Draco as a possible suspect, they hatch a plan to brew Polyjuice potion to trick him into confession.This plan leads them to steal from good ol' Professor Sour-face's inventory.

For some reason though, Snape never seems to catch on! You might think it was because he doesn't know what is in his inventory, or that maybe he doesn't check it, but a scene in Goblet of Fire completely destroys that theory. When Barty Crouch Jr starts stealing ingredients to make his own Polyjuice potion, Snape is quick to jump suspiciously on Harry in his usual fashion.

So, Snape does check his potions cupboard! But why didn't he notice when the exact same ingredients went missing during Harry's second year?

Answer: Snape may have always been a paranoid man, especially of young Harry, but it is during the fourth book and film that Snape's past starts to really catch up to him.

With his dark mark growing more vivid each day, the imminent arrival of Lord Voldemort had Death Eater and double agent Snape on edge.

The stress this causes Snape would drive anyone into an extreme sense of paranoia and cause them to do irrational things, like overzealously checking his potions stock or threatening a 14 year old student with truth potion... I think we can all agree Professor Snape was not in his right mind here.

I wouldn't call this his rock bottom, but it was definitely a low point for our marmite-like professor.