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Opinion by funnyshawna posted 3 months ago
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okay so you know how you can only see thestrals after you have seen death? well how come at the end of the fourth book after harry sees cedric die, it still says that the carriages were pulling themselves? he cant dee the thestrals until the beginning of the fifth book when school starts, but not at the end of the fourth book when school ends. its confusing...does anybody have a way to ask jk rowling about that cos i suck at finding adresses and stuff like that. has anybody noticed that, or am i just a freak who reads the books too many times (about seven times each) and too carefully....oh well i dont really care... i love hp!
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user photo csi_lost_fan33 said:
yea i noticed that too, like i was always confused with the subject of the thestrals, but didn't harry see his parents die? so couldn't he of seen them all the time? or did he even see his parents die? im confused. but yeh your right, harry should of seen them at then end of book 4. Ummm....not sure about reaching jkr.
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo krazykray said:
i think she hadn't come up with the idea yet. So its just a small fault in the books.
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo Spotty_Vision21 said:
Well, hun, just so you know, this would have been better in the forum section. But, don't complain. With that massive of a plot line, containing so many tiny interlocking details, she was bound to make a mistake.
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo tessajanuary said:
I noticed this too, funnyshawna. I think it was just a mistake on JKR's part. No one's perfect, even though she did dream up the entire HP universe :D
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo jamiejean said:
she was asked this in an interview. it's because Harry hadn't accepted the death yet, and was still in shock over it. it hadn't really set in yet.
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo nina4921 said:
Interesting, jamiejean.
But then what about seeing his parents die? Do you have to remember the deaths as well as seeing them? :-S
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo sophieDP said:
NICEEEEEEEE
OWNED JK ROWLING.
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo sophieDP said:
and surely he'd already seen his parents die...
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo sheen24 said:
yea... shouldn't Harry have been able to see the thestrals the whole time since he saw his parents die?
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo funnyshawna said:
yeah i know jkr had a lot on her mind, but still just something i noticed. and im not sure if harry actually saw his parents die...
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo Spotty_Vision21 said:
He was to young to comprehend it, I think.
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo funnyshawna said:
yeah you're probably right, maybe u have to remember seeing someone die to see thestrals
posted 3 months ago.
 
user photo sneha said:
ya tat was right... but harry had also almost seen his mother die so y not on his 1st day at hogwarts itself????????????? ummmmmmmmmm these r qqqqqqqqqq tat makes us ponder
posted 2 months ago.
 
user photo ay3 said:
just typos. ive seen movies wen right after a person eats, they spit gum out... mistakes
posted 2 months ago.
 
user photo funnyshawna said:
yeah.
posted 1 month ago.
 
user photo swimswamswum said:
It's because it hadn't really sunk.

Not sure how to say this...
posted 1 month ago.
 
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