The Inter-house Championship

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 27667

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Susanna Luhtanen" <s_luhtanen at h...> wrote:
> On side note: Harry Potter [i]did[/i] earn the cup.
> 1) Harry won Cedric clearly in First Task. (and the other's, too)
> 2) Harry won Fleur Delacourt clearly in Second Task(we might 
consider him 
> EVEN)
> 3) The Maze. Fleur was already lost. Krum was totally helpless 
against 
> Imperius Curse. Cedric - though he did fine, and, in the reaching 
the cup, 
> may have been yet Harry's equal (despite his inadequance in the 
First) - 
> well, Cedric didn't manage to duck death-curse right after 
Cruciatus - Harry 
> did. (And Harry was tortured twice). Also, Harry was well able to 
resist 
> Imperius unlike Krum...

I'm not sure I can give Harry (or anyone) credit for winning the cup, 
as the whole thing was rigged from the start by Moody.  It may not be 
fair to suggest that Harry beat his competitors, as each was disabled 
(either directly or indirectly) by Moody in the maze.  Also, poor 
Cedric wasn't able to duck Crucio because Krum sneaked up on him from 
behind.  In contrast, Harry received a big boost from Moody, who 
cursed obstacles out of Harry's way.  

If anyone can be said to have won, it is Cedric, who had to defeat 
all obstacles in his way by himself, and survive the Cruciatus curse 
as well.

Also, it is debatable whether Harry would have been able to resist an 
Imperius curse if he didn't know it was coming (Krum couldn't have 
known Moody was about to curse him.)  

Cindy (wondering if the real winner of the Triwizard Tournament was 
Crouch/Moody)