The GoF Train Scene (was:Re: Humanity, Kant, Caricatures, and Draco)

[lagattalucianese]

No: HPFGUIDX 146687

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> a_svirn:
> I suspect they saw nothing from the stands. Surely Dumbledore would 
> have stepped in at this point? If this seems an odd sort of 
> entertainment, look at the second task. They certainly saw nothing 
> of the proceeding. Just sat there at the lake and gaped at its 
> smooth surface. I really wonder what Bagman found to comment upon.
>
La Gatta Lucianese:

Actually, all three of the tasks struck me as somewhat poorly thought 
out from a spectator point of view. The first task was both trite 
(dragons *again*? Ho-hum) and very quickly over, and the other two, as 
you point out, were mostly invisible. Why not just send the champions 
on a quest for something, and judge their success by what they bring 
back? Or else rethink the tasks to be more interesting to the audience.