...HRH friendship - SS/PS the obstacle course was meant for HRH

[halli]

No: HPFGUIDX 105648

> vmonte:
> Minerva's chess game -- Why did MM put this as an obstacle? Her 
> specialty is transfigurations!?  This was definitely geared for 
Ron 
> who excels in chess.

 Halli:
   If you didn't notice, she transfigured the chess peices so that 
did have to do with transfiguration, and that looks like its 
definently a difficult bit of work.
> 
> Madam Hooch's flying-key room -- This is obviously geared for 
Harry 
> who is great at flying.

  First I would like to point out that it wasn't Madam Hooch's, it 
was Flitwick, who charmed the keys to fly. And Harrys not the only 
person who can fly you know. 
> 
> DD's Mirror-of-Erised -- Harry even states that DD got him
> acquainted with it so that he would know how it works.
> 
Harry found the Mirror on his own, DD just told him about it, and 
told him to stop looking for it.

> Professor Sprout's Devil's Snare – Hermione figures this out.
> 
Well anyone could figure that out if they ever paid an inkling of 
attention in Herbology. And if it wasn't geared at HRH, then it was 
geared at an adult wizard, who would probably know this stuff 
anyways.
 
> vmonte:
> 
> It is unusual that Snape's obstacle has to do with logic, not
> potions. I think that out of all of these obstacles, Snape's 
really 
> seems geared for Voldemort. 
   
 It has to do with potions, obviously, and I would also like to 
point out that these obstacles are actually obstacles. They aren't 
thinking about whats the easiest thing I could come up with that 
even a bunch of first years could break through?

Perhaps he believed that Voldemort would 
> know every kind of potion there was--so he comes up with a puzzle. 
> And since Hermione is a super brain, she figures it out anyway.
> (Or, maybe he did mean it for Hermione to solve.)
> 
> So finally, what I'm trying to say is that Dumbledore intended for
> the children to go through the obstacle course. He also intended 
for
> Harry to confront Voldemort at its end. He prepares Harry for this
> confrontation. 
> 
> DD created this obstacle course for the children. Is he training
> them for an as yet mentioned future role? 
>
I doubt that DD sat down and thought "Hmm, Harrys good at flying, 
we'll do that, Hermione's smart, so she can solve this...Ron! Ron 
can play chess! I'll have Minerva do that!" ...Just seems highly 
unlikely that he prepared it specifically for a bunch of first year 
students when there were actual dark wizards who could easily break 
through something set at that level of difficulty, and who were 
after the stone. I'm sorry it just seems to dangerous an artifact to 
allow VM to get  his hands on it simply because they think Harrys 
going to get to it. Too risky.
  Halli