inconsistencies

What really happened on the night James and Lily were killed? A Timeline and Commentary • Article

Posted December 1, 2001 by Steve VanderArk in Canon discussion / Essays

This analysis was originally written in 2001, after the publication of Goblet of Fire. It’s still around in its original form (and in the original format of Lexicon pages!). What you will read here has been revised and updated over the years to incorporate much of what we now know… Read More

Hogwarts Letter mysteries: Who delivers them and when? • Article

Posted July 2, 2014 by Steve VanderArk in Canon discussion

Everybody knows that your Hogwarts letter should arrive on your eleventh birthday. But careful reading suggests that no, it doesn’t. Harry’s only did by coincidence. The first letter actually arrived on July 24. It was only because of Uncle Vernon’s comical attempts to avoid the letters that Hagrid had to… Read More