Dumbledore WAS: Re: Love and Joy vs. Hate and Despair

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 190965


> Alla:
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> Ah, but thats the whole point though, isn't it? Yes, nobody knows that Fake Moody put Harry's name in there, but doesn't it make the "magical contract" invalid by definition since one party did not *enter* into it?

Pippin:
The goblet is the sole judge of what constitutes a valid entry, and it, unfortunately, has been confunded, so naturally it considered Harry's entry valid. The whole point of using the goblet in the first place is that its decisions can't be overturned  by anyone else. 

The movie contamination I was thinking of is at the end of GoF, where, IIRC, Dumbledore tells Harry that he should have gotten him out of the contest and apologizes. But in the books there's no suggestion that that it was possible, and why should Dumbledore waste his time trying to do impossible things? He is not a young wizard testing his power -- at age 100+ he ought to know what he can and cannot do.

The contract magic is powerful enough that Hermione can use it on the DA without fear that the Ministry will reverse it. And if the Ministry can't reverse it, no one can.

Pippin