Evil Overlord Scorecard

[Mindy, a.k.a. CLH]

No: HPFGUIDX 24731

"but I'll raise it to a B to reflect the degree of difficulty of finding
another way to do the scene"

Mad-Eye Moody could have tried to kill Harry immediately upon entering
the office without any explanations, and Dumbledore could've arrived
right away, and stupefied Moody/Crouch, and Moody/Crouch could have told
the whole story under the Veritaserum, instead of half to Harry and half
under the Veritaserum.

HOWEVER, the blabbling is essential to the plot, because we were all
DUMBFOUNDED when we thought Moody was the DE masterminding it all. Also,
Moody wanted to hear all the details from Harry before killing him. He
wanted to know how the Dark Lord had treated the traitors. So he had to
talk. Maybe not all of it, but much of it. additionally, I think he
relished the idea of torturing Harry; seeing his reaction upon thinking
it was the Auror Moody whodunit. In a moment, after Harry will be killed,
he will have no one to gloat to about his accomplishments, for tthe
Hogwarts Management will swarm in and surround him. He needs to unburden
six months of bursting secrecy to SOMEONE, right now, that the climax
that has been building up all year which is choking him. And the first
and presumably the best targe to throw it at, is Harry.

I am puzzled though, why it took Dumbledore so long to arrive -- couldn't
he or McGonagall have followed him instantly? Harry and Moody were there
quite long.

Can someone also explain to me how the Foe-glass works? It was never
quite explained and I have a hard time understanding it.