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Bad Alias:
How did Bob know how to pull off the Darkhallow?

At the end of Chapter 34, Harry says "Bob used to be Kemmler's" and "Bob knows everything about the theory that Kemmler did." And then, near the end of Chapter 42, Bob says "It is precisely as the master described." But all the way back in Chapter 3, Harry orders Bob to permanently forget those memories. We later learn that Bob has expelled those memories into a separate SoI.

What's going on here? Did Jim make a mistake and have Bob remember something he couldn't? Did Jim make a mistake creating Evil Bob in Ghost Story? Was Bob pretending to know more than he did?

If it was left at Bob is just awesome and could figure out how to do a Darkhallow, that would have been fine. And that's what I said when my brother asked me this question. Then I reread the book after he asked me, with that question existing in my mind. The real problem with that explanation is Bob's quote from Chapter 42.

morriswalters:
  Harry told Bob to forget it.  But Bob's new owner could have forced him to remember.  Which is what happened in Dead Beat, then Bob spun it off, evidently after the events of Dead Beat. To prevent it from happening again.  Thus creating Evil Bob.  Your guess is as good as mine as to if it was planned that way

Bad Alias:
That's a stretch, but it's workable. Bit of a retcon.

peregrine:
Bob may have forgotten it, but it's unlikely that he forgot every single thing related to it.  Between the fractions he retained and the knowledge Kemmler's disciples already had from studying under him and his methods, it's possible they were able to piece it together.

morriswalters:

--- Quote from: Bad Alias on November 13, 2018, 02:40:06 AM ---That's a stretch, but it's workable. Bit of a retcon.

--- End quote ---
Given JB's comments on his process it's to be expected.  I can't write, but if I could, and I chose to write a 20 book opus, I would create a bible of events just to keep track.  JB evidently does not do that, at least in detail.

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