Spectators and Security

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 53343

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "erisedstraeh2002"
<erisedstraeh2002 at y...> wrote:
> I (Phyllis) wrote:
> 
> > They are all still seated in the stands when Harry returns with 
> > Cedric's body.  
> 
> and bboy_mn responded:
> 
> ... It would serve no purpose to have 1,000 people milling around
> > and getting in the way. So just to keep things orderly, they would
> > tell most people to stay in their seats. <snip> The first crowd 
> > reaction ..., "A torrent of sound deafened and confused him; there
> > were voices everywhere, footsteps, screams...". 
> 
> Me again:
> 
> ... So I took that to mean that the torrent of sound was caused by 
> the sight of Harry's return, not as a result of seeing Harry and 
> Cedric disappear in the first place. But, as you say, it's certainly
> open to debate. 
> 

bboy_mn now: 

Agreed, if people has already been out of their seats and milling
around, when Harry reappear there certainly would have been
substantial sound, but probably not a torrent. So what he hears,
screams, etc... are the result of his return.

I think my point is that it's reasonable to assume that those in
charge kept most people in their seats just to maintain order. But
there is nothing we can draw from at this time to tell us that they
were all sitting there completely unaware that anything was going on,
and that nobody was doing anything to find out what was going on.
While I full admit I can't prove my general position about viewing the
third task, it makes the most logical sense to me so I'm sticking to
it. But again, what /proof/ there is lives only in my imagination; no
evidence.


> bboy_mn again:
> 
> > They were scared of Harry's wand because Harry was threatening
> > them with it. I don't see that interfering with their potential 
> > attempts to rescue a contestant in trouble.
> 
> Now me:
> 
> ... The point I was trying to make was that if Voldemort ... was 
> trying to hurt or kill Harry in the lake, the merpeople wouldn't 
> be of much use since they are scared of wizards who threaten them 
> with their wands.
> 
> ~Phyllis

bboy_mn:
Good point, I should have really thought about that a little more.
Voldemort and friends vs the Merpeople is not much of a fight. 

Nice talking to you.

bboy_mn