The Bad News Is, Cedric Diggory Still Dies

[wackyweasel]

Just finished watching Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in Spanish. At one point, Ron's "Bloody hell," is translated to, literally, "But what devils was that?" Also, Spanish doesn't have as many words as English, so the Yule Ball is called the Yule Dance, which means that McGonagall's line is, "The Yule Dance is, first and foremost . . . a

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[anonymous]

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[toastedcheese]

Oops, that was me.

[hulkingmanchild]

I assume that Dumbledore and some of the powerful wizards around Hogwarts have Detect Magic on at all times, like high-level wizard NPCs usually do. They would be able to sense powerful magic like a portkey, and would have to wonder if it was emanating from anything but an artifact which is expected to radiate powerful magic.

That said, yeah, it's a ludicrous plan. Especially since that means it's Barty Crouch Jr who's been teaching Harry to defend himself ALL YEAR, and doing a GOOD JOB. Once he had Harry's trust, he could easily have hit him with a Petrificus Totalis -- that spell Hermione knew in first year -- turned him into a mink -- like he did to Malfoy in this same book -- then waltzed off school grounds and apparated them both anywhere he wanted to go. No grandstanding tournaments, no convoluted plots, just a simple wizard kidnapping. Heck, if he apparated back right away, he probably wouldn't even have been missed ... not that he would HAVE to keep up the ruse, once Voldy was back.