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   Message 130,834 of 130,933   
   Timothy Bruening to Benjamin Esham   
   Re: Goblet of Fire: Harry Potter's entry   
   02 Aug 20 02:49:18   
   
   From: tsbrueni@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, August 1, 2020 at 12:09:27 PM UTC-7, Benjamin Esham wrote:   
   > Timothy Bruening wrote:   
   >    
   > > The Goblet of Fire choses Harry Potter at the 4th Champion, but Harry   
   > > denies either putting his name in the Goblet or getting an older   
   > > student to enter his name for him.  Why doesn't anyone suggest   
   > > comparing the name on the entry form to Harry's handwriting?   
   >    
   > I think it would have been incriminating if the paper had had Harry’s   
   > handwriting on it, but it wouldn’t have proved his innocence if the writing   
   > *hadn’t* been his. If he was willing to have another student drop his name   
   > into the Goblet then it stands to reason that he wouldn’t have minded   
   > getting another student--that same older student or a third one--to write   
   > his name on the paper.   
   >    
   > Was it ever mentioned whether a Quick-Quotes Quill uses the handwriting of   
   > its user or whether it has a script of its own? In the latter case--and   
   > assuming there’s a non-Quick-Quotes version that just transcribes things   
   > straight--then that would be another option for wizards who want to write   
   > anonymously.   
   >    
   > (On this topic, I’ve always thought it was odd that the book never   
   mentioned   
   > the name of the fake school for which Crouch Jr. submitted Harry as a   
   > champion. Like, there was something written on that paper other than “Harry   
   > Potter,” and we were just never told what it was? Rowling could have at   
   > least put in a Latin pun or some kind of red herring.)   
      
   If there had been a 4th school on that paper, wouldn't Dumbledore have noticed   
   it and called it out?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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