[HPforGrownups] Re: Plot holes filled?

[Morag Traynor]

No: HPFGUIDX 16778




jenny wrote:

>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., eggplant107 at h... wrote:
> > It seems to me that Goblet Of Fire has a plot hole, why did
>Voldemort
> > need Harry to win the Tri Wizard Tournament? Why couldn't Moody turn
> > a door knob or one of Harry's books into a port key? Surely in the
> > course of a year he could get Harry to touch something. Rowling
> > should have had Voldemort say something like this to his death
>eaters
> > in the graveyard.
> >
>
>
>Oooh, I'm glad someone brought this up!  It might have actually come
>up before but I'm not so good at going back through the postings (nor
>do I have the patience).  Anyway, I've given this one some thought...
>
>Aside from obvious plot development (which is a pretty powerful
>motivation), I think that Voldemort simply was not ready until the
>last task.  Remember the hideous red ugly baby looking thing he was?
>He needed time to gather information, strength, plan and get at least
>enough support to succeed in getting his body and powers back.  Now
>call me crazy, but this sounds like no simple feat to me!
>
>--jenny from ravenclaw, who thinks she might have actually written
>this same post
>
Even if V wasn't ready till then (agreed, highly probable, assuming he 
wanted to kill Harry personally and not just have Wormtail do it), Moody 
needn't have gone to the trouble of entering Harry in the Tournament.  He 
need only have waited and then used any ordinary object.  I think eggplant's 
speech for V deals with this brilliantly - perhaps future collectors will 
look for the "Portkey" edition, as well as the "wand order" edition *g*!


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