‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ spoilers: Wizards entering alternate universe

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has opened its stage at London's West End for previews and everybody loved it. However, devoted "Harry Potter" fans couldn't help but point out the eighth's installment supposed plothole.

Spoiler Alert

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” which will officially premiere on Saturday, revolves around Harry Potter’s son, Albus, and Draco Malfoy’s son, Scorpius. The two apparently have got their hands on a time-turner, which they use to meddle with the past. Their adventures cause changes in the history, ultimately creating an alternate universe in which the chosen one, Harry Potter, dies, and Voldemort rules the wizarding world.

With the mention of “time-turner,” it should ring a bell to true Potterheads. To those who aren’t familiar with it, time-turners are magical devices used when one wishes to go back in time. In order to negate the complicated loopholes of time travelling, author J.K. Rowling had set a “causal loop” rule for time-turners. It means that in “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” when Hermione and Harry went back to the past, they did not change anything, but were simply completing an already written story.

To explain further, an example for this “causal loop” effect is when Harry saw someone cast a Patronus charm from across the lake to fight off Dementors. At first he thought that someone was his father, a really sad scene to recall, but it turned out it was just him who went back in time and saved himself. This means the time-turner did not create an alternative timeline but the story continued according to a fixed timeline set by fate in the wizarding world.

Knowing this, it makes the plot of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” inaccurate as it’s retracting what Rowling herself wrote about the use of time-turners.

As reported by Tech Insider, Rowling further emphasised the use of the magical time-turning device in Pottermore, an interactive website for fans to delve deeper in the “Harry Potter” world. First, Rowling reminded readers how dangerous and complicated time travelling is. So she had Hermione return the only Time-Turner in possession. Then during the battle in the Department of Mysteries, she had all the remaining Time-Turners destroyed to eliminate all kinds of time travelling from ever happening. However, taking place 19 years after, in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” Albus and Scorpius not only get a time-turner, they also create an alternate universe in the wizarding world while using it.

For this, hardcore fans need some explaining or some magical reasons from Rowling to support the plot of “The Cursed Child” without sacrificing the eligibility and awesomeness of the past seven books. The renowned author has said something in her previous excerpt, however.

“This is just one example of the ways in which, when writing fantasy novels, one must be careful what one invents,” Rowling stated. “For every benefit, there is usually a drawback.”

Fans are waiting for the script of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” turned to book form to further dissect this supposed plothole or to simply enjoy another magical read. The book will be out Sunday.