Beedle the Bard SPOILERS\Animagi commentary

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 185195

 JLyon  wrote:
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> What I found so annoying, along with about a hundred other things in  
> the series, was that Herms and Harry could find no record of the  
> bubblehead charm in all their searching but a year later everyone in  
> school knew it.

Potioncat:
The first part has been addressed by others--how they may have missed 
this charm. 

That everyone seems to know it a year later is consistent with how 
spells are learned. Severus's invented spells seemed to be picked up 
fairly quickly by the student body. The interesting spells are picked 
up more rapidly than boring ones. Who cares if they can turn animals 
into teapots? Who would want to drink that tea, anyway?

JLyon
> Also, has anyone figured out how the spectators whiled away their  
> time during the second and third tasks? Very boring for the audience.


Potioncat:
I don't know---it's sort of like waiting at the finish line for a race 
that you can't see. Or like watching golf any where.

I don't think I would have bothered to attend the event either.