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The Hallows \'\'being\'\' Hallows doesn\'t change a thing about the Cloak or the Elder Wand, and it\'s mentioned \'\'long\'\' before the Ring is used for its fabled purpose. And as the entry itself admits, there \'\'are\'\' hints, few and far between or not. I mean, you might as well say that the Sorting Hat was an ass pull. The Hallows were a plot element hinted at, then properly introduced, well before the concept of them became relevant.
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*The Hallows \\\'\\\'being\\\'\\\' Hallows doesn\\\'t change a thing about the Cloak or the Elder Wand, and it\\\'s mentioned \\\'\\\'long\\\'\\\' before the Ring is used for its fabled purpose. And as the entry itself admits, there \\\'\\\'are\\\'\\\' hints, few and far between or not. I mean, you might as well say that the Sorting Hat was an ass pull. The Hallows were a plot element hinted at, then properly introduced, well before the concept of them became relevant.
*The Parseltongue example. Harry said \\\"open\\\" in Parseltongue and Ron imitated it later on a whim. I mean, \\\'\\\'kinda,\\\'\\\' but it\\\'s not really any different from mimicking someone saying \\\"hello\\\" in French for the purpose of saying \\\"hello\\\" to someone in French. If anything, the ass pull was the incident Ron imitated - Harry suddenly going \\\"oh wait I can open the locket now, at a properly dramatic time, instead of earlier\\\".
*The Ministry of Magic example is more of a plot hole or retcon, and certainly not an ass pull, especially since they \\\'\\\'don\\\'t\\\'\\\' actually track him, specifically, for anything. Not then, and not in previous books either.
*The Fiendfyre... okay, yeah, I can grant that one. It was more convenient than necessary, but that really only matters for a Deus Ex Machina, I suppose.
*The Parseltongue example. Harry said \\\"open\\\" in Parseltongue and Ron imitated it later on a whim. I mean, \\\'\\\'kinda,\\\'\\\' but it\\\'s not really any different from mimicking someone saying \\\"hello\\\" in French for the purpose of saying \\\"hello\\\" to someone in French. If anything, the ass pull was the incident Ron imitated - Harry suddenly going \\\"oh wait I can open the locket now, at a properly dramatic time, instead of earlier\\\".
*The Ministry of Magic example is more of a plot hole or retcon, and certainly not an ass pull, especially since they \\\'\\\'don\\\'t\\\'\\\' actually track him, specifically, for anything. Not then, and not in previous books either.
*The Fiendfyre... okay, yeah, I can grant that one. It was more convenient than necessary, but that really only matters for a Deus Ex Machina, I suppose.
