[HPforGrownups] The Cup as Portkey Question

[Rena]

No: HPFGUIDX 14086

The only reason I can think of, why the cup had to be used, rather
than any ordinary item belonging to Harry, is that portkeys won't work
inside the castle. Similar to the inability to apparate onto Hogwarts
grounds.

Rena

> Only one problem with your logic.  It tells us why the Cup was
rigged to
> return to Hogwarts, but it still doesn't tell us why they used the
Cup for
> the portkey and didn't use something far simpler like (as you
suggested, to
> my considerable amusement) Harry's toothbrush.  Surely *that* could
have
> been enchanted to return Voldemort & Co. to Hogwarts just as easily
as the
> Cup?
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