Some musings on the Goblet of Fire re-read so far

[mollyringle]

Dumbledore on introducing the Triwizard Tournament: "...this time, no champion will find himself or herself in mortal danger." Yeah...I mean, haha, it's not like we'll have you face fire-breathing dragons, or throw you down to the bottom of the lake, or anything

Comments

[sopdetly]

One thing I always wondered: Who is running Beauxbatons & Durmstrang while Maxime & Karkaroff are chillin' at Hogwarts for an entire school year? It's not like those other headmasters could really have that much to do, aside from turn into objects of romantic interest and red herrings, respectively.

[mollyringle]

Hee. Indeed, it seems a lot of upheaval for those schools, for three little tasks and only one champion for each school. (Well, two for Hogwarts, in a SHOCKING bend of the rules.) We don't get a lot of info on the other schools ever, I guess. But there's so much world-building involved in Hogwarts alone, I suppose I see how there's a time and space restraint.

Can't come up with a bad thing

[anonymous]

Well, they don't call it "fantasy" for nothin'.

Re: Can't come up with a bad thing

[mollyringle]

Heh, yep. In fantasyland, bullies are wowed into silence by our awesomeness. If only.