The Chance for NEW CANON- cont.

[annemehr]

> Question and Joywitch comment:
> > > We've seen in OoP that portkeys do work inside Hogwarts.  So how 
> come Crouch Jr. had to get Harry into the Triwizard Tournament and 
> wait for the third task before sending Harry to Voldemort?  Couldn't 
> he just have turned anything in the castle into a  Portkey at any 
> time?
> 
>  I think that this is one of the many weak plot devices in GOF, and 
>  I'd be embarassed to ask JKR about it.
> 
> Erin answers:
> Well, maybe so.  Maybe so.  And yet, it's such an obvious plot 
> hole... I mean the whole freakin' *book* is written around it and 
> we're supposed to believe it never even crossed her mind?  I'm 
> personally hoping she'll come out with a brillant explanation that 
> will put us all to shame for having doubted her in the first place.  
> Yeah, that's it.  We're just not giving her enough credit!  
> 
> What I tell myself now is that you can only use portkeys from 
> Dumbledore's office, the rest of the school and grounds are 
> protected, and the protection had been lifted from the maze to allow 
> the champions who could to apparate or whatever.
> 
> But anyway, no one is making you ask it.  *I* intend to.

Annemehr suggests:
How about rephrasing it?  Maybe:

We know you can't apparate into or out of Hogwarts, but we've seen
Dumbledore send people into and out of his office by portkey and
arrive by Floo powder himself.  Is that a lapse in security or can
only the headmaster do that?

That way we may get our answer to the GoF plot question without
actually bringing it up, and may even hear a little more about
Hogwarts security.

Annemehr