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What makes Harry's Invisibilityibility cloak so much better than others?

Whoa! Hey brother! As we all know, Harry's invisibility cloak is no ordinary cloak of concealment. It's not some

tawdry demigyy's cloak or a traveling cloak imbued with a disillusionment charm or a bedazzling hex? No, it is a deathly hallow capable of rendering the wear completely invisible. It endures eternally and gives constant impenetrable concealment no matter what spells are cast at it.

Which like sounds great and all, but how often do we see it actually do anything different from a regular invisibility cloak? Like, I mean, all the other invisibility cloaks we come across do exactly what they say on the box.

They make the wearer invisible.

My pony's gone.

Harry's might last longer, I guess, but like does it do anything extra special?

Then, to make things more confusing, Dumbledore tells Harry in King's Cross that the cloak could never work for him as it does for Harry, who is its true master, which seems to suggest it does have extra powers.

But what does he even mean by this? Because plenty of other people, including Ron, Hermione, even Snape, put on the cloak and use it exactly how you'd expect.

And it seems to work for them exactly as it works for Harry.

It makes them invisible.

So what could Dumbledore possibly mean here?

Because I'll be honest, Harry's cloak doesn't exactly seem impenetrable either.

I mean, Moody's eye can see right through it, which is something I know has befuddled fans for ages.

But I have good news for you guys. I think we have cracked the cloak's real powers, which explain all the times it works, every time it fails, and even how moody can see through it.

Okay, Harry's cloak.

The funny thing about it is that we spend most of the entire series not really worrying about

it that much.

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