Dumbledore the teacher (was: Umbridge, detention, scars, and plotlines, oh m

[eggplant9998]

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A-svirn: 

>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. 

If I were JKR's editor for GoF I would suggest Voldemort say something
like this to his death eaters in the graveyard:

"There is a powerful spell preventing port keys from working at
Hogwarts but during the Tri Wizard Tournament people would be
arriving from all over the world so I knew the spell would have to be
temporarily removed, if not in the castle itself at least on the
grounds. It also amused me to have Harry Potter whisked away to his
doom at the very instant he thinks he's going to attain his greatest
triumph. And I did it right under Dumbledore's nose with the entire
world watching, people can now see with their own eyes which one of
us is more powerful."

Now I just need to just figure out why anybody would want to watch
the second and third tasks. Staring at a hedge and the unruffled
surface of a lake lacks a certain visual appeal.

Eggplant