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Underage Magic in the Wizarding World, Just how did that trace work?
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post May 1 2008, 02:32 PM
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Another burning question (yes I'm full of them and don't know which burns most): when Voldemort killed his father and grandparents, he was 16. So the ministry should have known that an underaged wizard, named Tom M. Riddle, performed the AK curse in the Riddles' mansion. How come they did not know???
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If Tom was in fact overage at the time, it would make total sense, but as this is not the case, this is probably just a plot-hole on Jo's part - she is allowed to have a few!

Another point of view to this is that this could simply be Rowling showing that the Ministry isn't infallible; that it makes mistakes; and that the system isn't always perfect smile.gif.


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- cully   Underage Magic in the Wizarding World   May 1 2008, 02:32 PM
- - ~Dumbledore's~Ghost¿~   The Ministry can detect magic that's performed...   May 1 2008, 02:42 PM
|- - cully   Roonwit, that may be a good explanation. QUOTE(~...   May 1 2008, 03:56 PM
|- - roonwit   QUOTE(cully @ May 1 2008, 08:56 PM) In bo...   May 1 2008, 04:33 PM
|- - harrypottergeek2   QUOTE(cully @ May 1 2008, 04:56 PM) Hey, ...   May 1 2008, 06:04 PM
- - roonwit   QUOTE(cully @ May 1 2008, 07:32 PM) Anoth...   May 1 2008, 02:43 PM
- - The-T-Dane   QUOTE(cully @ May 1 2008, 09:32 PM) Anoth...   May 1 2008, 03:57 PM
- - lirene   QUOTE(The-T-Dane @ May 1 2008, 04...   May 1 2008, 04:02 PM
|- - The-T-Dane   QUOTE(lirene @ May 1 2008, 11:02 PM) QUOT...   May 1 2008, 04:04 PM
- - cully   My point was: did they know there was underage mag...   May 1 2008, 04:28 PM
- - lirene   QUOTE(The-T-Dane @ May 1 2008, 05...   May 1 2008, 04:30 PM
|- - The-T-Dane   QUOTE(lirene @ May 1 2008, 11:30 PM) QUOT...   May 1 2008, 04:39 PM
- - maggieann   QUOTE(cully @ May 2 2008, 05:32 AM) Anoth...   May 1 2008, 04:41 PM
- - lirene   QUOTE(The-T-Dane @ May 1 2008, 05...   May 1 2008, 04:42 PM
|- - roonwit   QUOTE(lirene @ May 1 2008, 10:42 PM) Magg...   May 1 2008, 05:10 PM
|- - The-T-Dane   QUOTE(roonwit @ May 2 2008, 12:10 AM) QUO...   May 1 2008, 05:28 PM
- - Name Unknown   Also, the ministry knew that Arthur was going to b...   May 1 2008, 06:10 PM
- - Iheartprofessorsnape   Ahhhh...here's our new thread all about undera...   May 2 2008, 02:11 AM
- - Oryx   Regarding magic at 4PD, the most problematic was i...   May 2 2008, 04:06 PM
|- - harrypottergeek2   QUOTE(Oryx @ May 2 2008, 05:06 PM) Regard...   May 2 2008, 08:19 PM
- - Bradley   I dont know if it was in the book or not, but I re...   May 3 2008, 06:38 AM
|- - ~Dumbledore's~Ghost¿~   QUOTE(Bradley @ May 3 2008, 12:38 PM) I d...   May 3 2008, 06:47 AM
|- - Bradley   QUOTE(~Dumbledore's~Ghost¿~ @ May 3 2008,...   May 6 2008, 05:58 AM
- - roonwit   Underage magic at home in the presence of adult wi...   May 3 2008, 07:46 AM
- - Antonija   for your example: when Voldemort killed his father...   May 4 2008, 10:52 AM
- - lirene   Now that I think back on this, maybe the Trace did...   May 4 2008, 11:18 AM
- - ~Dumbledore's~Ghost¿~   That's a very good point. But I'm sure the...   May 4 2008, 11:24 AM
- - Oryx   QUOTEbut I am inclined to think that the underage ...   May 4 2008, 12:17 PM
|- - roonwit   QUOTE(Oryx @ May 4 2008, 05:17 PM) If thi...   May 4 2008, 12:46 PM
- - lirene   QUOTE(~Dumbledore's~Ghost¿~ @ May 4 2008,...   May 4 2008, 12:30 PM
- - Oryx   QUOTEThe reason for not using magic then was so as...   May 4 2008, 08:27 PM
|- - roonwit   QUOTE(Oryx @ May 5 2008, 01:27 AM) QUOTET...   May 5 2008, 04:45 AM
- - Oryx   So that still doesn't answer the situation in ...   May 6 2008, 12:00 AM
|- - roonwit   QUOTE(Oryx @ May 6 2008, 05:00 AM) So tha...   May 6 2008, 05:11 AM
- - MonieLou   I'm very, very confused about how The Trace wo...   Jul 14 2008, 11:16 PM
|- - roonwit   QUOTE(MonieLou @ Jul 15 2008, 05:16 AM) F...   Jul 15 2008, 05:13 PM
- - CallinCurry   The trace works by detecting magic such as spells ...   Jul 25 2008, 02:46 AM
|- - keola sombra   QUOTE(CallinCurry @ Jul 25 2008, 09:46 AM...   Jul 25 2008, 03:48 AM
- - baby_nikki   its always said that wizards and witches cant cont...   May 6 2009, 06:08 AM
- - AreYouAFirstYearToo?   On the topic of when magic is performed at Privet ...   Jun 22 2009, 10:54 PM

 

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