Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Chapter 17
As I suspected, everyone had two cents to throw into the discussion of whether Harry should be permitted to compete in the Triwizard Tournament.
Ze French tried to appeal to Dumbly-dorr, but he refused to go against ze goblet. Is he just playing by the rules, or does he know something we don't. He's wearing a pretty good poker face if he does know something.
The first task ought to make the champions want to see Pomfrey for a sleeping pill. Knowing that you will have to defeat some unknown danger can't be comforting. Harry does have experience, though. Plus he's not taking this as seriously as the others, so he ought to be more relaxed. His resourcefulness should be a strength.
Of course, the students aren't buying the truth from Harry that he didn't put his name in the goblet. Even his best friend won't believe him.
So how did Harry's name get in there? Was it a joke? Was it to get him killed? Do I smell a rat?
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Chapter 18
Hermione's powers of observation are still intact. She saw the genuine disbelief on Harry's face when his name was called. Ron, however, is slow on the uptake as always. He typically goes for the obvious, which in this case is that Harry somehow must have put his name in the goblet.
It's really quite flattering if you think about it that all the students think Harry is clever enough to get past Dumbledore and put his name in the goblet. If that's true, then Harry has to be the favorite to win the tournament.
Now Malfoy as we all know is an idiot who does nothing but play on his social status and elevate himself by putting others down. But I will give him credit for being smart enough to pull the stunt with the badges in front of Snape. Had this happened in front of anybody else, Malfoy would have been the one in detention for inciting the incident.
Maybe Ron and Harry will make up in detention and make a plan.
The wand inspection wasn't too exciting until we learned that Harry's wand shares some common ancestry with Voldemort's wand. The entanglement between these two continues. I'll accept anything that comes along as long as Voldemort never says, "Harry, I am your father."
Not sure what's coming next, but we do have the clandestine meeting between Harry and Sirius to look forward to on 11/22.
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This is about the sorriest I felt for Harry: when the students thought he had put his name in the Goblet. Ron, especially, is being a stinker. Huzzah for Hermione, but isn't she stuck in the middle now? Ah, well. Whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. I guess the same can be said for relationships :)
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