Portkey in GOF - Logistics

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 149632


> bboyminn:
<Big Snips>
> Yes, Voldemort is secretive, but that doesn't eliminate the fact
> that he is an egomaniacal megalomaniac. He holds power by holding
> the illusion of power. People are afraid of him because he wields
> the force that maintains the illusion of fear. He is ruthless and
> brutal, but also a great orator; one who knows how to tell people
> the things they WANT to hear, no matter how irrational those things
> are. An extention of this talent is to tell the most blatant and
> outrageous lies and in doing so to make people believe that those
> lies are the absolute irrefutable gospel truth.
> 
> If that isn't pure theater on the world stage, then I don't know
> what is. 

<More Snips>

> Again, while it is not impossible for Moody to transport Harry under
> random circumstances, it is to much grander effect to have him
> disappear with no known explanation at a high profile event, and
> with no known person associated with that disappearance. In other
> word, the 'theater' aspect of taking Harry from the maze, and it's
> corresponding effect on the wizard world is much greater using the
> method they used...

Amiable Dorsai:

Exactly.

A common criminal, a Wormtail, maybe, would sneak Harry out of the
castle behind everyone's back.  *Lord Voldemort*, bold as brass,
snatches Harry while Dumbledore and half the Ministry are watching.

Think of the message this sends to his enemies: "I can get anybody,
anywhere.  The Ministry can't stop me, Dumbledore can't save you. 
Capitulate now, while you still can."

I'll bet Act 2 would have had a Death Eater Portkey back to Hogwarts
with Harry's corpse, fire a Dark Mark into the sky, and Portkey back
out, leaving Harry's lifeless body behind. Imagine the propaganda value.

On the other end, an ordinary murderer would use Harry's blood, then
kill him while he was still tied down, but that doesn't do much to
re-establish Lord Voldemort in his follower's (disciple's?) minds. 
Dueling Harry, and effortlessly converting him to the Boy Who Snuffed
It, while the Death Eaters watch, that's the way to get back that old
mystique.

Pity it didn't go according to script.

Amiable Dorsai