Good Slytherin - Plus an old debate

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 71289

Adam: 

> > 
>  Or C) they can do what I feel they should have done and that is GO 
> TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES (that, is, faculty) and come clean...if 
> they deserve to get points for selflessness and bravery, then they 
> should say "Yes, we've been sneaking around, breaking school rules, 
> going to the corridor that was expressly off limits, etc. and we 
> will accept the punishment, but what is more important RIGHT NOW is 
> that we know someone is trying to steal the stone and here is our 
> evidence."  Yes, I know that they did try to tell someone and were 
> assured that the stone was safe (which it was and still would have 
> been had they just listened), but trying to say something one time 
> and then taking matters recklessly into their own hands doesn't cut 
> it for me.

They tried twice. They tried to tell McGonagall once pg 194-195 and 
she told them to butt out and then they ran into her again, pg 196 
and she threatened to take 50 points at a time away until they 
dropped it.

But, she didn't know, and refused to listen to the fact that Hagrid 
had given up the secret of Fluffy, which removes one obstacle; or 
that Quirrell and Snape had been having strange conversations,which 
turns out, was misinterpreted by the kids, but whatever Snape was 
doing, it didn't prevent Quirrell from going after the thing; or that 
the centaurs, who D-Dore trusts, even if McGonagall doesn't, were 
terrified of something happening, and that, given all this evidence, 
perhaps D-Dore should be contacted. He would have come back, most 
likely.

And then, considering that there is the strong indication that D-Dore 
set this up from the beginning, for Harry to go down there, I have a 
hard time believing D-Dore would have endangered the Stone just to 
put Harry through his paces.

Again, I think the notion of this mirror being perfectly safe from 
Quirrellmort is wrong, because that assumes V-Mort, the smartest 
student ever at Hogwarts, wouldn't have figured it out and figured 
out a way around it. 

If it was truly all that, why bother with the other obstacles? 

Have Quirrell simply wish to get the stone. Or, go back up, drag a 
student down, and have that student wish for it. I'm sure others can 
think of other ways. 

I mean, the smartest student at Hogwarts surely wouldn't have taken 
very long to realize the Erised is Desire spelled backwards, and gone 
from there.

But... since Q-Mort literally couldn't touch Harry, and presumably, 
any offensive spells AGAINST Harry would have rebounded quite neatly, 
I'd say that was as safe a spot as any. 

Darrin
-- Of course, the smartest student at Hogwarts didn't think to tell 
Quirrell to "Accio Stone," either...