Godric's Hollow

Faw0kes·7/1/2020 in General

I was reading the Sorcerer's stone and it just crossed my mind that Harry and Hermione and all other people were able to see the Potters' hiding spot. The strange thing is that the house was protected by the Fidellius Charm and can only be seen by the people to whome the secret keeper has revealed its location; in this case, Wormtail. He was alive when Harry and Hermione visited Godric's Hollow and they both saw the house in ruins.

I don't think the charm was broken because the same charm was cast at the House of Blacks and it was not broken when Sirius died.

Does anyone has any explanation to this or is it just a plot hole?

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Godric's Hollow Fidelius Charm Secret Keeper

Sir memes a lot more than needed·7/1/2020

Just one question...who cast the charm?(then I may come up with an explanation)

Faw0kes·7/1/2020

@Sir memes a lot more than needed

I think Dumbledore did.

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Sir memes a lot more than needed·7/1/2020

Alright then....I may have a theory. Give me a minute

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BookLover4242·7/1/2020

Of all the plot holes regarding the fidelius, this is probably one of the easiest to explain. If the secret is ‘The Potters live in Godric’s Hollow’, then as soon as they’re dead and no longer live there, the fidelius is broken. As the fidelius for Grimmauld Place was ‘the headquarters of the OotP is located at Number 12 Grimmauld Place’, it was broken when no members of the OotP were using it. Alternatively, it could be broken when the trust of the caster is betrayed, and the fidelius has to be cast with complete trust in the SK otherwise it won’t work (which explains why it isn’t more commonly used).

What do you think?