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

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 126192



> GEO: No doubt that was created with the assistance of the current 
> Headmaster of the School who would then know all the secret and 
ways 
> to bypass the school's various security measures and considering 
we 
> also see him making several portkeys in OOTP, 

a_svirn:
No doubt. 

>GEO:I am willing to 
> believe that he is the way that controls the magical ways of 
access 
> in and out of the school.

a_svirn:

 So what? We all witnessed how he'd failed the task spectacularly.  

> 
> > And even if you were right, I don't see why Crouch couldn't send 
> > Harry a letter, turned to a portkey, or turn his broomstick into 
a 
> > portkey, or come up with something that didn't present the same 
> kind 
> > of logistical problems as the TW cup did. 
> 
> GEO: Because he couldn't make a workable portkey without the 
> Headmaster's approval. The trophy was approved since it was a 
method 
> of retrieving the champion out of the maze with style and without 
> having him fight his way out of the maze with the monsters, the 
> various traps and possibly even his fellow champions arrayed 
against 
> him and with the extra burden of the trophy. 


a_svirn:
Suppose you are right concerning the TW cup as means to get back 
from the maze. It still does not explain why Crouch couldn't set up 
another potkey.  DD didn't give a damn about Fudge's authorization 
in OotP, so there is no reason to suppose that Crouch jr. would be 
more considerate. 


>GEO:Besides how else do you 
> explain Harry teleporting outside the quidditch pitch from the 
> graveyard when he touched the portkey trophy the second time?

a_svirn:
Maybe it's just the way portkeys are made – as a return ticket, 
rather then a single one?