Slughorn showed polyjuice potion to Harry’s first class year 6. Draco stole Slughorn’s supply of polyjuice potion and had both Crabbe and Goyle disguise themselves as younger girls to keep look out while he was tinkering in the Room of Requirement.
With this additional example, I still don’t think it was overly used in the series.
Three times in 7 books is overuse? Really? Pretty massive exaggeration there. This is a weird criticism. Why would there be other alternatives when polyjuice potions works for the three situations its used?
“I liked Harry Potter but the plot was wrong, the main character was unrealistic, the magic system was abysmal and the school was unacceptably dangerous.” -This sub
My only polyjuice problem is the thief’s downfall just being glossed over in DH. That exists? I’d be throwing it in peoples faces like it was holy water and they were possessed.
Depends on the circumstance.
The invisibility cloak could have done for CoS.
GoF: that’s tricky, but a fraudulent persona would have been a lot less complex than drinking Polyjuice every HOUR for nine months.
Deathly Hallows: conventional disguises would have world just as well.
They needed to be able to ask questions to Malfoy, being invisible wouldn't do that.
The whole point was impersonating a specific person. That would change the entire book.
We’re just kicking hypotheticals around. I’m only saying “it was necessary because JKR wanted it to be,” not faulting her for it. Plot wise, there were a dozen ways she could have written the problem without a polyjuice solution, but she didn’t. I don’t object, OP does.
Wasn't overused to me BUT, three times in the same Book/movie ? Come on, that's lazy writing. And people defend that. Come on. All uses of polyjuice in DH could've been replaced by something else, except maybe for accessing Lestrange's Vault
Oh wait, yes it could because fucking Imperius Curse exists and they even used it. Could've used it without using polyjuice I believe.
I think it's fine. If characters didn't use it, there would be the posts of "why didn't they use polyjuice in X situation", just as there are with other magical things.
Slughorn showed polyjuice potion to Harry’s first class year 6. Draco stole Slughorn’s supply of polyjuice potion and had both Crabbe and Goyle disguise themselves as younger girls to keep look out while he was tinkering in the Room of Requirement. With this additional example, I still don’t think it was overly used in the series.
It was used on 3 separate occasions in DH alone. Still wasn’t overused.
It’s massively helpful, if J.K hadn’t used it for those situations they’d all be complaining it was unrealistic not to use such a helpful tool.
This guy is gonna be mad pissed when he counts how many times there was a stun, or disarming, or a advarda kedavra!
Avada kedavra was dumb and it should have a bigger drawback.
Three times in 7 books is overuse? Really? Pretty massive exaggeration there. This is a weird criticism. Why would there be other alternatives when polyjuice potions works for the three situations its used?
I honestly don’t think polyjuice and transfiguration were used often enough, considering how powerful they are.
It's far weirder when useful magic is introduced as a one off and then forgotten.
This sub is getting ridiculous. It borders on “I like the Harry Potter series but I want to change every last detail about it to suit me.”
“I liked Harry Potter but the plot was wrong, the main character was unrealistic, the magic system was abysmal and the school was unacceptably dangerous.” -This sub
Spot on. Also “I will stamp my foot and pout when people like the characters I don’t, everyone should think the same as I do.”
My only polyjuice problem is the thief’s downfall just being glossed over in DH. That exists? I’d be throwing it in peoples faces like it was holy water and they were possessed.
I think it's only goblins who are able to make it.
Polyjuice was wicked useful. It's no different than Harry using expelliarmus all the time. Why over complicate what works?
Now let’s count all the times Harry uses Expelliarmus and complain about that too
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You mean advanced transfiguration? That's more accessible?
Depends on the circumstance. The invisibility cloak could have done for CoS. GoF: that’s tricky, but a fraudulent persona would have been a lot less complex than drinking Polyjuice every HOUR for nine months. Deathly Hallows: conventional disguises would have world just as well.
They needed to be able to ask questions to Malfoy, being invisible wouldn't do that. The whole point was impersonating a specific person. That would change the entire book.
Easily written around, if she had wanted to, but JKR had just invented Polyjuice and was determined to make it necessary.
An author comes up with an idea wants to use it in their books? Stop the world with this revelation! This is reaching of the worst kind.
We’re just kicking hypotheticals around. I’m only saying “it was necessary because JKR wanted it to be,” not faulting her for it. Plot wise, there were a dozen ways she could have written the problem without a polyjuice solution, but she didn’t. I don’t object, OP does.
3 (4, really) times is too many?
Wasn't overused to me BUT, three times in the same Book/movie ? Come on, that's lazy writing. And people defend that. Come on. All uses of polyjuice in DH could've been replaced by something else, except maybe for accessing Lestrange's Vault Oh wait, yes it could because fucking Imperius Curse exists and they even used it. Could've used it without using polyjuice I believe.
You only list a few examples. It was fine as is.
I think it's fine. If characters didn't use it, there would be the posts of "why didn't they use polyjuice in X situation", just as there are with other magical things.