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

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 126182


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> 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

a_svirn:

What if Harry got, say, a Christmas present turned into a Portkey? 
This way one could ensure that it would be definitely Harry who'd 
touch it, be sure of timing, and could gloat to one's heart's 
content. And no need to go out of one's way to ensure Harry's 
victory at the tournament. 

a_svirn