"A certain disregard for rules" (was Re: Harry's importance and...)

[karmakaze_kk]

No: HPFGUIDX 57244

> Karmakaze:

> However, the administrator and teachers at the school were aware of 
> the threat and had taken steps to protect the stone.  And, as it 
> turned out, those steps had been adequate to the job.  Quirrell was 
> completely unable to retrive the stone from the mirror.  It was only 
> through Harry's intervention that it was retrived at all.  If Harry 
> had stayed in his dorm, as ordered, Quirrel would have been stymied 
> at that point, and the stone would have remained safe.
> 
> Bill:
> 
> I must respectfully disagree.  If Harry had not confronted Quirrel, 
> then Quirrel possibly could have removed the Mirror from Hogwarts, 
> and taken it elsewhere, where Voldemort could have taken all the
> time he needed to break the puzzle.

The timing on that would be awfully tight.  When Harry walked into the
room, Quirrel was staring at the mirror, completely stumped.  Harry
and Quirrel had their confrontation, which did not take all that long,
at the end of which, Harry passed out, no longer able to protect the
stone. Dumbledore's arrival could not have occurred very long after
Harry lost consciousness.  It seems far more likely that Dumbedore
would have walked in while Quirrel was still trying to figure out what
the mirror was supposed to do.

I'm not arguing that Harry's motives aren't good, but that particular
stunt of his could have gone very badly, and could have had the exact
effect he was trying to avoid.

"Kk"