[HPforGrownups] Re: GoF timing

[Sister Mary Lunatic]

No: HPFGUIDX 2239

Regarding the Triwizard Tournament -- I am still bothered by the nature of
the 2nd and 3rd tasks in relation to the watching crowds.  It hardly seems
exciting that the entire school would come out to the stands in Task 2,
merely to stare at the lake for an hour waiting for someone to emerge, not
knowing what, if anything, was happening below the surface.  Same thing for
Task 3... I just can't see the excitement of staring at a bunch of bushes
for an hour waiting to see who comes out at the end.  If I was cheering for
someone in a tournament, I'd want to SEE them performing the tasks, as
everyone got to do in Task 1 with the dragons.  Otherwise, it's like waiting
outside the Olympic stadiums to see which athletes come out with the medals,
without knowing how or why they won.

How wonderful it would have been, on the other hand, for the entire school
to witness the final scenes before Harry and Cedric decided to share the
Triwizard Cup.  Even if they couldn't HEAR what was being said, they would
have been able to figure out what was going on.  The tension in the crowd
would have been unbearable, waiting to see who won.  Then, of course, the
pandemonium that would have ensued when both champions vanished from the
spot.