Wizards Lack Common Sense Part 7

by Boy-Who-Hates-Hyphens

There are things that make absolutely no sense in Harry Potter. Some are serious plotholes. Some are not plotholes per se, but more like events that are supposed to be impossible. Some are more along the lines of hypocrisy, self-contradiction and not using an obvious spell at a time of need. This story resolves the ones in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. COMPLETE!

5. In Which Secrets Are Revealed

Chapter Four: In Which Secrets Are Revealed

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"Well, Mad-Eye set up a couple of curses against Snape in case he turns up there again. We hope they'll be strong enough both to keep him out and to bind his tongue if he tries to talk about the place."

"What's stopping him from writing it down, eh?" asked Harry. "That is enough to reveal the secret, innit?"

"Well. . . . It is," said Mr Weasley uncomfortably. "It never really occured to us, so . . ."

"You guys are weird," said Harry, shaking his head. "The first time I came to Grimmauld Place, I read the Secret off a note from Dumbledore. Sounds like that's a common way to distribute the Secret, so it isn't exactly easy to miss. . . ."

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"Well, Mad-Eye set up a couple of curses against Snape in case he turns up there again. We hope they'll be strong enough both to keep him out and to bind his tongue if he tries to talk about the place."

"Wait, you can do that? Long distance tongue-binding curses are a thing?" asked Harry, surprised.

"They are, Harry," Lupin said. "Why do you ask?"

"Has it ever occured to you guys to use such a curse on the Death Eaters? Like, if they ever try to say the incantations to the Unforgivables then their tongues will get bound."

Silence reigned.

"What?" said Harry defensively. "It's just an idea."

"A very good one, actually," said Lupin appreciatively. "It might just be the thing we need to turn the tide."

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AN: I really, really don't understand two things — 1) What's stopping Snape from writing the Secret down and 2) That tongue-binding curse has so many awesome uses. . . . Why did no one ever use it for better things? Non-verbal spells are kind of tough and casting Unforgivables non-verbally should be nigh impossible.

To Ghost: Harry/Hermione is actually one of the pairings that make sense. Some pairings that don't make sense to me are — Harry/Umbridge, Harry/Voldemort, Draco/Hermione and Snape/Hermione. Stuff of the nightmares, those are. Especially the first one. Ewww.