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[Joe McCauley]

No: HPFGUIDX 9821

New member here - been lurking a few days, and I think I know how the Dursleys
felt when they were inundated by owls.  How will I ever get all this mess 
cleaned off my computer.  In fact I doubt if I'll be able to stick around
long - I used to participate in another fan list that generated only about a
fourth the traffic of this one, and my wife complained that I spent too much
time on it.  

A couple of thoughts after recently finishing GoF.  First, what's the deal
with Cornelius Fudge?  I can think of three possibilities:
 - He's an ally of Voldemort
 - He's under some sort of curse that prevents him from considering the 
   possibility that Voldemort has returned
 - He really is just the stubborn, closed-minded mule he seems to be

One thing really bugs me about GoF.  It seems to me that all Crouch ("Moody")
had to do to deliver Harry to Voldemort was to turn some object into a 
portkey and get Harry to touch it.  Even that wouldn't have been necessary
if he could have gotten a sample of Harry's blood (possibly under the guise 
of some DAtDA lesson so no one would have been the wiser) and brought it to
Voldemort.  Granted, the latter wouldn't have given Voldemort the opportunity
to kill Harry himself, but it has the advantage of allowing Voldemort to 
return without anyone finding out, at least until "Moody's" true identity is
found out or one of the other Death Eaters spills the beans on him.  Given 
these two possibilities, why go to all the trouble to get Harry entered into
the tri-wizard tournament, help him along to survive and win without raising
anyone's suspicions, least of all Harry's, and make sure he's the first to 
touch the cup?  Seems like a pretty roundabout, overly complicated way of
doing things if you ask me.

Sorry if this has been beaten to death already. 

--
Joe McCauley
"What if Rudolph had been an elephant instead of a reindeer?"