First task - Analysis out the wazoo - Q-cup filk

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 23514

Elizabeth:

>Also, in GoF - The First Task. Why didn't Harry just use the
  Summoning Charm to Summon the Golden Egg?

Jami:

>I think it's because the point of the task is to face the dragon and get 
>the
>egg. Using Accio to get the egg ignores the first part of the task.

This fits in with something else I've noticed about the tasks, which is that 
even though we're privy to conversations with Bagman etc., I think there are 
rules that we don't know about.  E.g., surely the champions were told 
beforehand what we only learn later from Ron, that they weren't supposed to 
damage the other eggs.

Re: analyzing to a ridiculous extent, the way I've just been doing:  I hated 
it when fellow grad students did this too :groans in unison with Ebony:, 
though I don't recall having a clever term for it.  But here, I for one am 
doing it with lightness and a wink that says "I know this is putting way 
more weight on these books than is warranted, but it's fun!"  That can be 
hard to communicate via e-mail.  For me, this kind of nitpicking is an 
intellectual and creative exercise like doing crossword puzzles.  There is 
little point to much of it except the sheer pleasure of stretching one's 
brain.  "And that's okay!" says Stuart Smalley.

LOL at the Quidditch filk, Martin!

Amy Z
who wants to know what Jenny's whopper of a grammatical error was ;-)

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   "This is a =girls'= bathroom," she said, eyeing
Ron and Harry suspiciously. "=They're= not girls."
   "No," Hermione agreed.
                   -HP and the Chamber of Secrets
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