[HPforGrownups] Choosing the Cup vs. a Toothbrush as Portkey (WAS: Is Voldie really that dumb?)

[Becky Walkden]

No: HPFGUIDX 53326


 
 erisedstraeh2002 <erisedstraeh2002 at yahoo.com> wrote:
Lori wrote:

>Why does Barty Crouch, Jr. turn the Triwizard Cup into a 
>Portkey as opposed to transforming something Harry would use on 
>a daily basis, like his toothbrush?

Phyllis wrote:

My own personal theory is that the Portkey needed to transport Harry 
to the graveyard when Voldemort was there and had the cauldron and 
the potion ready to go.  If any old object Harry might touch (like a 
toothbrush) were to be transformed into a Portkey, Voldemort wouldn't 
have control over when Harry arrived at the graveyard.  I see the 
transformation of the Cup into the Portkey as the ultimate in 
Voldemort micro-management.


Me:  Hmm.  I don't know about that because obviously he could have arranged for Harry to be transported at a pre-arranged time without all the fuddle of having him win the Contest first!  Yes the timing would have to be right but it still would have been a whole lot easier then the plan that was executed. And this was way to important for Voldemort just to be doing a "In your face, take that Dumbledore" stunt.  Either there is no rational reason (it just made a better story) or, has anybody considered that a PortKey may not usually work at Hogsworth?  It may have been necessary to not only place it outside the castle itself but only under conditions where for the sake of the contest (in the maze) some of the normal magicakal protections had to be lifted.  In other words, it is possible that ONLY during that contest could a Portkey have worked!  Huggs Becky



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