From 1a74f7ad7e469269a8a6dca2952f68a2cc4edc67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Blake Kongslie Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:36:55 -0800 Subject: Revising year 4 in Try Again outline. --- outlines/try-again.mdwn | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) (limited to 'outlines/try-again.mdwn') diff --git a/outlines/try-again.mdwn b/outlines/try-again.mdwn index adb2ef3..d9d5979 100644 --- a/outlines/try-again.mdwn +++ b/outlines/try-again.mdwn @@ -524,9 +524,9 @@ Here's my outline so far: * He is expecting them to enter themselves, which he thinks would be a laugh. - * They decide to enter his name, which they think would be a laugh... + * They decide to enter themselves, which they think would be a laugh... - * ...as well as the names of several dozen other students... + * ...and Harry... * ...and Snape... @@ -534,32 +534,103 @@ Here's my outline so far: * Obviously, every one of these names comes out of the cup. + * Because the twins' names were on one slip of paper (and nobody can tell + them apart anyway) they are required to compete as a *single* competitor. + + * Harry and the twins straight-up admit cheating the cup, although Harry + expresses loud displeasure at his name being entered. Harry agrees to aim + for low scores on purpose, and the twins are going for laughs; most of the + school decides not to hate them. + * Harry takes the opportunity to "research", primarily to create an excuse for his superior spellcasting abilities. - * More events, in order to better differentiate between the contestants. + * The dragon event: + + * Harry gets a different dragon; ideally, he goes first this time. + + * Harry requests a zero score from the judges, announces that he is going to + try the only idea he has, and summons the egg. Of course, it works. + + * Judges give him a zero, as requested, except for Bagman and Dumbledore. + + * Harry sells his egg to the Goblins. - * Harry very carefully arranges to get through the first events unhurt and in - the bottom half of the contestants. + * Fleur, Cedric, and Krum are basically canon. - * Harry sells his egg to the Goblins. + * Twins throw gillyweed at the dragon. It eats it, then falls over choking + on air. Charlie, who has been told their strategy beforehand, manages to + get the dragon to the lake before it dies. Everyone admits it was by far + the most effective method used. - * Fudge does a terrible job, only marginally better than... + * Fudge does a miserable job, poorly casting a few charms and + transfigurations. He does not get the egg. - * Snape completely fails at every event, having literally every single - Hogwarts contestant independently sabotage him. + * Snape is sabotaged, independently, by all the Hogwarts student champions: + + * Twins have replaced his hair grease with something very flammable. + + * Cedric has been working with Hagrid, and acquires some dragon pheremones + which are then "accidentally spilled" on Snape's cloak. + + * Harry figures he won't need any "silly wand-waving" and carefully + replaces his wand with a fake. + + * The dragon goes into an insane rage, and Snape is brutally slashed and + burned within seconds of the task beginning. He is rescued, barely alive. * Harry takes Hermione to the ball, and they have a good time. - * Harry does not summon anything from outside the field until the last event. + * The lake event: + + * Harry gets Hermione. Cedric gets Cho. Twins get Alicia/Angelina. Fleur + gets her sister. Krum gets his date. Fudge gets his wife. Snape gets + Draco. + + * Harry uses gillyweed, as before. Gets to Hermione, rescues her, then uses + a bubblehead charm to wake her. They hang out underwater right next to the + platform until time is up, intentionally getting a low score. + + * Cedric/Krum basically as before. + + * Fudge casts bubblehead and immediately gets lost. He is rescued after an + hour from the wrong side of the lake. + + * Fleur makes it to her hostage without problems, because + + * Cedric has dosed Snape with grindylow bait, so they all chase after him + instead. + + * Harry cast a whole bunch of sticking charms on Draco while he was down + there, preventing Snape from freeing him. + + * And... + + * The twins are riding the giant squid, which they have somehow managed to + bribe. They rescue their hostages within moments, and spend the rest of + the time harassing Snape. + + * The maze event: + + * The start order is Twins, Krum, Cedric, Fleur, Harry, Fudge, Snape. + + * The twins summon brooms and fly to the trophy before Krum gets into the + maze. + + * The trophy is just a portkey to the awards platform. Remember, no + Voldemort. + + * As soon as they arrive at the awards platform, the hedges vanish in a + poorly-planned piece of magic designed to allow the audience to see how + close each of the competitors was to the finish. - * When he summons a paid-for Goblin bodyguard... + * All the monsters from the maze are now loose. - * Who proceeds to cut a bloody swath through the maze, allowing Harry to - easily win the tournament. + * And they charge Snape, who is covered in attraction charms courtesy of + Harry and Cedric. - * Harry uses this to further prop up the Goblins, by giving them the - publicity and the prize money. + * Harry has a paid-for Goblin bodyguard, who massacres the attacking + monsters. * Fifth year, Fudge is now convinced that last year was a setup by Dumbledore to humiliate him and drive him out of office. @@ -731,7 +802,7 @@ Here's my outline so far: taking the place of the (confused, panicing) aurors. * Here we see Goblin-run werewolf armies subduing the British wizards, Veela - using auras to dominate the populace and establish order, house elves + using their allure to dominate the populace and establish order, house elves rebelling against their masters and going to work for the Goblins en masse, etc. -- cgit v1.2.3