To keep up my pithy appearances, I'm going to attempt to explicate these point-by-point:
--How did the sword of Godric Gryffindor get into the Sorting Hat?
Magic. Read the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
--Why didn't the good wizards and witches buy guns?
From an authorial standpoint, my guess would be 'the tone of the piece does not allow it'. Ron and Hermione hunkering down with a Colt .45 in one hand and a magic wand in the other simply doesn't fit with the feel of the world she's created. One could try to explain it in terms that do not break the fourth wall, but that’s really the point to which everything boils down.
--If Harry is true master of the Elder Wand, how is Tom Riddle able to use this implement to "kill" our hero?Because it was what Harry wanted. He went into the forest expressly to allow Voldemort to kill him, after all, because he'd discovered that was the seventh Horcrux and believed he needed to be destroyed in order to protect those he loved. The wand was, in point of fact, obeying the
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Quick point on Easterbrook though, he's actually a remarkably well read individual (if I had posted his other critique of Harry Potter written in the same piece you would have seen that), and does (in my mind) a great job of relating none-sporting tidbits to an audience which normally couldn't care less.
But, having not read the books I wouldn't presume to argue with you. I will say that when I tried to read the first book, it bored me pretty quickly, which is why I didn't pick up the rest of the series, despite repeated blurbs from different friends about how it got much better as it went on.
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--How did the sword of Godric Gryffindor get into the Sorting Hat?
Magic. Read the end of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
--Why didn't the good wizards and witches buy guns?
From an authorial standpoint, my guess would be 'the tone of the piece does not allow it'. Ron and Hermione hunkering down with a Colt .45 in one hand and a magic wand in the other simply doesn't fit with the feel of the world she's created. One could try to explain it in terms that do not break the fourth wall, but that’s really the point to which everything boils down.
--If Harry is true master of the Elder Wand, how is Tom Riddle able to use this implement to "kill" our hero?Because it was what Harry wanted. He went into the forest expressly to allow Voldemort to kill him, after all, because he'd discovered that was the seventh Horcrux and believed he needed to be destroyed in order to protect those he loved. The wand was, in point of fact, obeying the ( ... )
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Quick point on Easterbrook though, he's actually a remarkably well read individual (if I had posted his other critique of Harry Potter written in the same piece you would have seen that), and does (in my mind) a great job of relating none-sporting tidbits to an audience which normally couldn't care less.
But, having not read the books I wouldn't presume to argue with you. I will say that when I tried to read the first book, it bored me pretty quickly, which is why I didn't pick up the rest of the series, despite repeated blurbs from different friends about how it got much better as it went on.
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