Stone Defenses WAS Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: We live stereotypes

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 57797

> Then Darrin Said:
> 
> > C'mon, give the Trio SOME credit, will you?
> 
> Now Me:
> 
> You know, there are a few things that are more obvious to a child
> then it is to an adult. So, while I don't feel the "defenses" are
> anything special there was thought involved and there are adults
> who look beyond the obvious solution to a problem whereas a child
> many not necessary overlook the simple, obvious solutions. Hence
> the Devil's Snare and Fluffy.
> 
> The chess game requires a bit of strategy and not every adult
> knows how to play the game, and that may be true in the wizarding
> world as well, though obviously there's nothing to support it
> either way. The Key is another.
> 
> The mirror itself is, of course, brilliant and really the only
> thing that would be needed to protect the stone against anyone
> who may want to use it. The "defenses" are really only a nuisance.
> 
> Richasi


Actually, I said more than just what you quoted. I asked how Dumbledore 
asked the other teachers to come up with defenses. Did he say to do their 
best or to blow it off, because he was going to allow a first-year to get to the 
Mirror?

You're telling me that if Dumbledore asked Snape to come up with a tough 
logic puzzle, he would have gone half-ass on it? Or would he have gone 
along with letting a first-year get past him.

Because if it was the best Snape could do, Hermione beat his best in a 
minute.

We know Quirrell got past all that stuff, but he did have the spirit of the 
brightest student ever at Hogwarts helping him, too.

Darrin
-- Wants the Trio to get their props.