Dumbledore the teacher (was: Umbridge, detention, scars, and plotlines, oh my!.

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 126157


A-svirn::

> 
> And finally why did LV bother with this tournament at all? If all 
he 
> needed was to arrange a port-key, surely Crouch jr. could arrange 
it 
> any time he wanted without going to such lengths in order to ensure 
> Harry's victory? One can turn ANYTHING into a portkey, can't one? 
> And Crouch-Moody had the whole year at his disposal. 

Finwitch:

Well, I'd just say that one important thing is TIMING. They had to 
make *Harry*, ONLY and CERTAINLY Harry, grasp the portkey at a 
predictable time without letting anyone notice... preferably alone.

Sure, if it could be anyone, why not change some other object - like 
the Sorting Hat - into a portkey...

And of course, the third task weakened Harry, because he had been 
bitten by that Acromantula...

And give Dumbledore a bit of slap: LOOK, old man, I got Harry from 
under your nose...

Finwitch