Programmed Portkeys and Pudgy Neville

[erisedstraeh2002 <erisedstraeh2002@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52613

Maria wrote:

> Another random portkey thought - Arthur Weasley says that Portkeys 
> are enchanted to work at a pre-arranged time. However, I don't see 
> why you can't make a portkey that would work as soon as someone 
> touched it, no matter what time it is, or after a certain time. 
> They wouldn't necessarily be called something different, as they 
> would still be portkeys in essence.

Now me:

Fake!Moody did just that with the Triwizard Cup, and he used the 
term "portkey" to describe what he turned the Cup into (GoF, Ch. 
35).  So it appears as if some portkeys are designed to work at a pre-
arranged time and others are designed to work upon being touched.

Ba (alexpie) wrote:

> Even though he [Neville] is described as both round-faced and 
> clumsy, this does not necessarily mean fat.

Now me:

Ron tips the figure of Krum into Neville's "pudgy" hand (GoF, Ch. 
11).  The use of the adjective "pudgy" left me with the impression 
that Neville was chubby.

~Phyllis