Straightforward readings? /TW cup

[Mira]

No: HPFGUIDX 140727


--- lupinlore <bob.oliver at cox.net> wrote:

> Of course there is also the fact that, having
> managed to fool Albus, 
> Barty proceeded forward with a standard comic-book 
> villain's "ridiculously complex, needlessly
> dramatic, self-
> destructively intricate" plot.  He could have
> created a port-key out 
> of a book, slipped it into Harry's hand some quiet
> evening, and then 
> said "No Albus, I've not seen the boy.  Are you sure
> you've checked 
> everywhere?  Everybody's been watching the
> tournament, you know."  
> Instead, he launches a bizarre and inexplicable plot
> that manages to 
> put the boy he wants to kidnap constantly in the
> public eye -- and 
> constantly in danger of being killed or injured, to
> boot.

This part can be explained if we postulate that nobody
but the headmaster can set up portkeys in the Hogwarts
grounds. Now, it would have made sense for Dumbledore
to transform the cup into a portkey that should have
taken the champion out of the maze instantly. Perhaps
a very accomplished wizard cannot override the
interdiction to define portkeys, but once one has been
made, he can actually change its destination. Of
course, we don't know anything about this rule yet,
but to me it would make sense if it was true.

Mira

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