Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 336,338 (click to see context) from:
** They're not exactly still stuck in the Dark Ages - in addition to the Age Line, the Goblet was mentioned to have only chosen the best and most well-suited of all potential contestants for the tournament. The ONLY reason Harry was chosen was because he was the ''only'' contestant entered under the fake school that didn't exist, which in turn only happened because Barty was powerful to charm the Goblet to think there were four schools, which was a factor the school hadn't foreseen. Thus, even if a student wanted that badly to play a prank on someone, especially one of the younger years, the Goblet wouldn't have accepted them unless they were the only name entered for one school, and the charm that could potentially do that is mentioned to be too advanced to be cast by a student.
** All that is true. But one could not see how any of it would explain or justify the need to force the contestants to participate. On the contrary, if it's assumed that only the best-suiting (which, assuming, usually includes "eager") contestant would be chosen, what's the point of forcing them?
** In classic myth and folklore "eagerness" never has nothing to do with heroic tasks. The idea that people has to be willing into partake of a contest is a modern concept, in the old days Heroes were expected to participated in tasks established by more powerful magical forces (like the gods) whether they wanted or not, like Hercules' 12 tasks. On that note, Rowling's rules about the bindingness of the Goblet is perfectly in tone with classic mythology.
** All that is true. But one could not see how any of it would explain or justify the need to force the contestants to participate. On the contrary, if it's assumed that only the best-suiting (which, assuming, usually includes "eager") contestant would be chosen, what's the point of forcing them?
** In classic myth and folklore "eagerness" never has nothing to do with heroic tasks. The idea that people has to be willing into partake of a contest is a modern concept, in the old days Heroes were expected to participated in tasks established by more powerful magical forces (like the gods) whether they wanted or not, like Hercules' 12 tasks. On that note, Rowling's rules about the bindingness of the Goblet is perfectly in tone with classic mythology.
to:
** They're not exactly still stuck in the Dark Ages - in addition to the Age Line, the Goblet was mentioned to have only chosen the best and most well-suited of all potential contestants for the tournament. The ONLY reason Harry was chosen was because he was the ''only'' contestant entered under the fake school that didn't exist, which in turn only happened because Barty was powerful able to charm the Goblet to think there were four schools, which was a factor the school hadn't foreseen. Thus, even if a student wanted that badly to play a prank on someone, especially one of the younger years, the Goblet wouldn't have accepted them unless they were the only name entered for one school, and the charm that could potentially do that is mentioned to be too advanced to be cast by a student.
** All that is true. But one could not see how any of it would explain or justify the need to force the contestants to participate. On the contrary, if it's assumed that only thebest-suiting best-suited (which, assuming, usually includes "eager") contestant would be chosen, what's the point of forcing them?
** In classic myth and folklore "eagerness" never has nothing to do with heroic tasks. The idea that people has to be willing into partake of a contest is a modern concept, in the old days Heroes were expected toparticipated participate in tasks established by more powerful magical forces (like the gods) whether they wanted or not, like Hercules' 12 tasks. On that note, Rowling's rules about the bindingness of the Goblet is perfectly in tone with classic mythology.
** All that is true. But one could not see how any of it would explain or justify the need to force the contestants to participate. On the contrary, if it's assumed that only the
** In classic myth and folklore "eagerness" never has nothing to do with heroic tasks. The idea that people has to be willing into partake of a contest is a modern concept, in the old days Heroes were expected to
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 278 (click to see context) from:
** IMO there was no way Dumbledore would have allowed anyone to die in the tournament. He would have been able to intervene with the dragon and the grindylows, and it was already established that he wouldn't let anyone drown. Also, Moody was probably in charge of making sure nobody died in the maze, as Dumbledore trusted him completely.
to:
** IMO IMO, there was no way Dumbledore would have allowed anyone to die in the tournament. He would have been able to intervene with the dragon and the grindylows, and it was already established that he wouldn't let anyone drown. Also, Moody was probably in charge of making sure nobody died in the maze, as Dumbledore trusted him completely.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 275 (click to see context) from:
* So the Triwizard Tournament was so dangerous... It was cancelled in 1793 because it had a high mortality rate. They bring it back, and make ''no'' change to keep it safe. Bam. Keep the same cup that forces people to participate even if they didn't want to. Bring out live Dragons! Lets throw a maze full of men eating monsters while at it! This goes beyond the usual wizarding world negligence since they ''knew the thing was dangerous'' and were okay with not doing it for 2 centuries! To give a muggle equivalent: When the modern Olympic games were created, some adjustments were made to get with the time period.
to:
* So the Triwizard Tournament was so dangerous... It was cancelled in 1793 because it had a high mortality rate. They bring it back, and make ''no'' change changes to keep it safe. Bam. Keep the same cup that forces people to participate even if they didn't want to. Bring out live Dragons! Lets Let's throw a maze full of men eating man-eating monsters while we are at it! This goes beyond the usual wizarding world negligence since they ''knew the thing was dangerous'' and were okay with not doing it for 2 centuries! To give a muggle Muggle equivalent: When the modern Olympic games were created, some adjustments were made to get with the time period.
