I remember it was surprisingly insightful of the A Very Potter Musical script to point out the House Cup and the Triwizard Tournament are two variations on the same concept and the latter exists because she "wasted" the former
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Replying to @arthur_affect @AugustFresnel and
I really don't agree with any of this. It's a running theme throughout the books that as the characters get older, they keep revisiting touchstones of the earlier books and seeing them with more mature eyes. The House Cup/Triwizard Tournament parallel is one example of this.
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Replying to @NussbaumAbigail @arthur_affect and
But you see it, also, in the way that the later books mirror the earlier ones. The childish obstacle course in Philosopher's Stone vs. the more dangerous scavenger hunt in Deathly Hallows. The two diaries in Chamber of Secrets and Half-Blood Prince.
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Replying to @NussbaumAbigail @arthur_affect and
The Triwizard Tournament is a response to the way that the House Cup falls into Harry's lap in book 1. Unlike the triumph of the first book, this time he clearly doesn't belong, everyone resents him, and he's outclassed.
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Replying to @NussbaumAbigail @AugustFresnel and
Enh I don't really fully agree with this The first two actual trials in the tournament are both dramatic and glorious successes for him
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
The "Potter Stinks" stuff is hurtful to Harry but it's nothing like Chamber of Secrets where people think he's the Heir of Slytherin and possibly the actual bad guy
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
The Half-Blood Prince's notebook is like Tom Riddle's diary but LESS scary - it's not actually possessed or even magical in itself, the reveal of who its author is is really predictable and not that consequential
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
The "rhyming" beats may be intentional, but they're not thoughtful or well executed They don't seem to me to escalate in any particular direction like you're arguing they do
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Replying to @arthur_affect @NussbaumAbigail and
I mean a lot of the most remarked upon anticlimaxes in Harry Potter are directly because of this Sure, you can argue that the Philosopher's Stone and the Resurrection Stone are bookends But they're not very good bookends
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Replying to @arthur_affect @AugustFresnel and
That's not what I'm arguing, though. It's not about the objects at all. It's about the type of story and how Harry relates to it - as a child playing a game, or as a young adult wearily completing a task he can't refuse. The whole point of the series is this transformation.
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I suppose It didn't feel like a really developed transformation though Hell in Book 1 it's already remarked upon that Harry doesn't see getting the Philosopher's Stone as something he does for glory but for duty - that's the whole reason the Mirror of Erised gives it to him
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