[HPforGrownups] PoA Paperback - Percy's engagement - Triwizard Tournament

[Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 26526



--- "Mindy C.L." <mindyatime at juno.com> wrote:

> Also, I have another question about the entire
> Triwizard Tournament. What
> do you think would have happened had Harry NOT taken
> part in the
> Tournament? I know it's a rule that once your name
> comes out of the
> goblet, you have to participate, but nothing
> terrible would happen if
> Harry would not participate. It could've been
> dismissed by Dumbledore as
> a mistake, period. Nothing major would be at stake
> if Harry would've
> opted out. I am puzzle that the rules were taken so
> rigidly and literally
> about the obligation to partake in the tournament.

    Judging by Fairy Tales terrible things do indeed
happen to people who refuse to fulfil magical
obligations. Dumbledore did warn the students that
that there could be no withdrawing after their name
was picked. The fact that the obligation was forced
upon Harry by trickery unfortunately doesn't make any
difference to the blind forces of Magic. We can only
assume that it would have been more dangerous for
Harry to *not* compete than to compete or Dumbledore
would never have allowed it.

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