One question for Rowling

[Doreen Rich]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., naama_gat at h... wrote:
> 
> I would ask her the question that originally brought me the HPFGU 
> group - why was it necessary to use the Triwizard cup as the 
portkey 
> and not any old object lying arround?
> 
> People have come up with very clever hypotheses, but I'm still 
> worried that it might be a (HUGE) Flint. I'm still not sure, in my 
> own mind, whether the point might not have been missed by her. Do 
you 
> think it's possible that she just didn't think of that?
> 
> Naama
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Would using anything else have had the same impact that using the 
Triwizard Cup had? I thought that it was pretty impressive! 
Especially since it was not just Harry but both he and Cedric at the 
same time. I like her version of it.

Doreen