The Fidelius Charm in Harry Potter: Consistent or a Plot Hole?
Quote from Krystal on June 26, 2023, 6:40 amThe secret was something like, "The Potter family is hidden inside the 'x' house in Godric's Hollow."
However, later J.K. Rowling retconned the secret room because Harry was worried about not being able to see his family house in Godric's Hollow.
Another stupidity was not using Fidelius like Bill Weasley did, when he himself became Secret Keeper for Shell Cottage. It would have saved the Potters a lot of grief.
I "solved" that plothole with the headcanon that Secret Keeper inheritance can bypass the "you can't SK your own place" restriction. I imagine that the Potters weren't willing to kill people to foolproof the secret locations -- had Peter not been a traitor, it wouldn't have been an issue after all.
Quote from FIQ on June 26, 2023, 6:43 amQuote from Krystal on June 26, 2023, 6:40 amThe secret was something like, "The Potter family is hidden inside the 'x' house in Godric's Hollow."
However, later J.K. Rowling retconned the secret room because Harry was worried about not being able to see his family house in Godric's Hollow.
Another stupidity was not using Fidelius like Bill Weasley did, when he himself became Secret Keeper for Shell Cottage. It would have saved the Potters a lot of grief.
I "solved" that plothole with the headcanon that Secret Keeper inheritance can bypass the "you can't SK your own place" restriction. I imagine that Dumbledore wasn't willing to kill people to foolproof the secret locations -- had Peter not been a traitor, it wouldn't have been an issue after all.
LOL, I posted just after your post. Yeah, I like this headcanon of yours and it makes some sense. The Shell Cottage Secret Keeper could have been another dead Order member like Moody.
