Dumbledore/GOF

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No: HPFGUIDX 40909

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "lyss_2410" <lyss_2410 at y...> wrote:
> Sorry if this has been asked before, but I am new here and haven't 
> read all of the messages.
> 
> I've been wondering why Dumbledore didn't know that something strange 
> was going on - seeing how he saw Harry's name and a different school 
> on the piece of paper (when Fred put his name on the paper, he put 
> both his name and Hogwarts) or did the GOF just spit out the name and 
> not the school?
> 
> Alyssa

Of course he knew something was up. Even if Harry managed to get his
name in the Goblet, the Goblet hade already given Cedric's name. So
Moody/Couch tricked the Goblet into thinking there was another school.
The book doesn't say, to my knowledge no other school is specified by
name, but he could have tricking into thinking that the name of the
other school was "." (period) or " " (space), or the school name could
have been invisible (that's kind of weak though). My personal read is
that the name of some four school was implied by the piece of paper,
but it may not have been in a way that gave a discernible name. 

Another  thought, the Hogwarts names were entered by house, if I
understand correctly, so in that case, the name of the school was
implied, not specified. So the absents of a specific school name alone
may have been enough to imply to the Goblet the existance of another
school.

So without a doubt everyone new something was dodgy. But the theory
goes that the presents of your name in the Goblet consitutes entering
into a binding magical contract, so if you name comes out, like it or
not, you are bound by that contract to compete. 

I will admit that my read of the story says this whole scene and it's
justification was a little weak, but not so unbelievable that it
distracted me from the story. It wasn't perfect, but it was enough
that my mind accepted it and was ready to move on. 


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