Oh, there’s tons of holes in the magic system, no denying it. It’s used more of a plot device to set up certain scenarios than as a cohesive system (polyjuice potion, liquid luck, unbreakable vows, etc). Which, for a kids/YA series I don’t have a problem with
They literally try this against Harry in book 7 and it doesn’t work because Harry’s cloak is special (it’s one of the deathly hollows)
Ok fine, then my point is still made if the cloak has to be exception for this not to work.
Oh, there’s tons of holes in the magic system, no denying it. It’s used more of a plot device to set up certain scenarios than as a cohesive system (polyjuice potion, liquid luck, unbreakable vows, etc). Which, for a kids/YA series I don’t have a problem with