History LoopholeAbuse / FanFic

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6369087/1/Saving-Her-Saving-Us-All Saving Her, Saving Us All]]'', Sirius is restored to life because after being sent through the Veil of Death, it turns out to be a Veil of ''Judgment'' instead, and it judges Sirius' soul to be "pure," and thus refuses to condemn him. Harry is of course tremendously relieved, but he then he remembers how Sirius almost got Snape killed with a schoolboy prank, so Harry reluctantly asks Sirius why the Veil judged him to be pure in spite of that. Sirius answers that it was because he was so ''stupid'' as a schoolboy, he genuinely-within-his-heart ''didn't know'' that his prank could have killed Snape, so the prank didn't dilute his "purity" to the Veil of Judgment.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6369087/1/Saving-Her-Saving-Us-All Saving Her, Saving Us All]], Sirius is restored to life because after being sent through the Veil of Death, it turns out to be a Veil of ''Judgment'' instead, and it judges Sirius' soul to be "pure," and thus refuses to condemn him. Harry is of course tremendously relieved, but he then he remembers how Sirius almost got Snape killed with a schoolboy prank, so Harry reluctantly asks Sirius why the Veil judged him to be pure in spite of that. Sirius answers that it was because he was so ''stupid'' as a schoolboy, he genuinely-within-his-heart ''didn't know'' that his prank could have killed Snape, so the prank didn't dilute his "purity" to the Veil of Judgment.

* In ''[[FanFic/ThreeSlytherinMarauders 3 Slytherin Marauders]]'' the Goblins inform [[spoiler: [[LiteralSplitPersonality Tom Riddle]]]] that he can't ''completely'' empty out Voldemort's Gringott's vaults... so he leaves him a single Knut. Also fugitives can seek asylum at Gringott's because "Gringott's customers are allowed to stay and count their gold for as long as they like."

* Averted in ''FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': the conditions of a MagicallyBindingContract between the protagonist and a major antagonist is a single vague sentence. This is precisely to sidestep LoopholeAbuse via ExactWords by having both sides being bound only by the intent of the agreement.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' crossover fanfiction ''Fanfic/AShadowOfTheTitans'', Jade does this in a CuttingTheKnot type situation. Basically the DrillSeargantNasty gym teacher for the [[AcademyOfEvil HIVE]] (an overweight and balding villain with NoIndoorVoice called Captain Hollywood) wanted her to run a dangerous obstacle course and ring a bell at the end. Jade asks again to make sure that the goal is to ring the bell, and then the timer starts, prompting Jade to ''turn around'', since the course was ''circular''. The school considered it valid, but Hollywood still sent her to detention, since the HIVE is a villain school and you don't ''need'' to break the rules to get punished.

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3807777/1/Harry-Potter-and-The-Acts-of-Betrayal Harry Potter and the Acts of Betrayal]]'' Harry discovered from a document at Gringott's that many years ago Tom Marvolo Riddle swore a Fealty Oath to one Orion Mordecai Black but the way it was worded [[spoiler: Riddle sore loyalty not to Orion but to "Lord Black" and [[MomentOfAwesome as the current "Lord Black," Harry calls in the debt.]]]]

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3807777/1/Harry-Potter-and-The-Acts-of-Betrayal Harry Potter and the Acts of Betrayal]]'' Harry discovered from a document at Gringott's that many years ago Tom Marvolo Riddle swore a Fealty Oath to one Orion Mordecai Black but the way it was worded [[spoiler: Riddle sore loyalty not to Orion but "Lord Black" and [[MomentOfAwesome as the current "Lord Black," Harry calls in the debt.]]]]

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3807777/1/Harry-Potter-and-The-Acts-of-Betrayal Harry Potter and the Acts of Betrayal]]'' Harry discovered from a document at Gringott's that many years ago Tom Marvolo Riddle swore a Fealty Oath to one Orion Mordecai Black but the way it was worded [[spoiler: Riddle sore loyalty not to Orion but "Lord Black" and [[MomentOfAwesome as the current "Lord Black," Harry calls in the debt.]]]]

-->'''Harry:''' I wasn't referring to his 1981 speech. I meant his testimony in the January 1982 trial of Severus Snape. Hogwarts doesn't have full transcripts, but ''The Daily Prophet'' printed an excerpt. I may be remembering this incorrectly, but I believe Dumbledore used the phrase 'Voldemort's death' during his testimony. If he's running around now saying he always knew Voldemort, survived then he perjured himself during Snape's trial.

* From [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''FanFic/{{Ragnarok}}'' after learning that Light is secretly the legendary hacker known as "Kira" (that the NPA pays a lucrative bonus for his consultation) L complains when Light again hires "Kira" to aid in his investigation. Light has this to say for himself:

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3478824/1/The-Killer-in-You The Killer In You]]'' Rem is able to get around the restriction that Shinigami aren't supposed to help humans by giving them the names of people they want to kill by giving Light the names in [[LeetLingo 1337 lingo]] that she apparently learned from watching Misa chat. Because she writes it as [[spoiler: "'Ryuzaki: L L a 2u l i e t, 2uatari: Q u i l l s h 2u a m m y"]] she didn't ''technically'' give the name.

* From [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''FanFic/Ragnarok'' after learning that Light is secretly the legendary hacker known as "Kira" (that the NPA pays a lucrative bonus for his consultation) L complains when Light again hires "Kira" to aid in his investigation. Light has this to say for himself:

-->''[[JackassGenie Demons tried to kill their summoners because they despised humans generally but even more the ones, who dared to force them under their will. Which demon wanted to serve a mere human? So they tried to interpret the commands of their master in such a way, that allowed them to hurt or even kill their caster.]] If the summoner wasn't careful enough, that would happen very quickly. The demons had to do whatever the summoner demanded, but if he didn't word his demand carefully, the demon would take revenge later. For instance, one of the inexperienced Necromancers in the past had summoned a Demon. He had worded his demand carefully but had forgotten to forbid the demon to bring anything with him. So he brought two things, a burning torch and a barrel full of black powder. He didn't hurt or kill his summoner directly, but as he swept down back to hell, he let both fall down to the ground and the Necromancer was... well... history.''

-->''Demons tried to kill their summoners because they despised humans generally but even more the ones, who dared to force them under their will. Which demon wanted to serve a mere human? So they tried to interpret the commands of their master in such a way, that allowed them to hurt or even kill their caster. If the summoner wasn't careful enough, that would happen very quickly. The demons had to do whatever the summoner demanded, but if he didn't word his demand carefully, the demon would take revenge later. For instance, one of the inexperienced Necromancers in the past had summoned a Demon. He had worded his demand carefully but had forgotten to forbid the demon to bring anything with him. So he brought two things, a burning torch and a barrel full of black powder. He didn't hurt or kill his summoner directly, but as he swept down back to hell, he let both fall down to the ground and the Necromancer was... well... history.''

-->''Demons tried to kill their summoners because they despised humans generally but even more the ones, who dared to force them under their will. Which demon wanted to serve a mere human? So they tried to interpret the commands of their master in such a way, that allowed them to hurt or even kill their caster. If the summoner wasn't careful enough, that would happen very quickly. The demons had to do whatever the summoner demanded, but if he didn't word his demand carefully, the demon would take revenge later. For instance, one of the inexperienced Necromancers in the past had summoned a Demon. He had worded his demand carefully but hat forgotten to forbid the demon to bring anything with him. So he brought two things, a burning torch and a barrel full of black powder. He didn't hurt or kill his summoner directly, but as he swept down back to hell, he let both fall down to the ground and the Necromancer was... well... history.''

-->'''Harry:''' Wait... Didn't Draco order you not to try to save my life or to try and drive me from the castle?

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* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7539087/1/Haunted Haunted]]'' Light figures out that Rem ''can't'' carry out [[IneffectualDeathThreats her threat to kill him]] if he kills Misa because ''Ryuk'' has to be the one to write his name when he dies; so Light kills Misa anyway and [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu there's nothing Rem can do about it.]] [[FanficFuel This loophole is actually canon]]-it's Rule 34 [[hottip:*:No, not [[RuleThirtyFour THAT one]] of the Death Note: "1. The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death. 2. Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so. 3. Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note."

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5736901/1/Past-s-Player Past's Player]]'' Harry promises to stop ObfuscatingStupidity if Tom Riddle will just leave him alone. Tom agrees because Harry didn't specify ''how long'' he had to "leave him alone." Feeling generous he gives him a week...

* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7539087/1/Haunted Haunted]]'' Light figures out that Rem ''can't'' carry out [[IneffectualDeathThreats her threat to kill him]] if he kills Misa because ''Ryuk'' has to be the one to write his name when he dies; so Light kills Misa anyway and [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu there's nothing Rem can do about it.]] [[FanficFuel This loophole is actually canon]]-it's Rule 34 of the Death Note: "1. The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death. 2. Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so. 3. Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note."