@Damariobros

1 year ago

In the book there was a troll, and a room with three poisons, two cups of alcohol, one potion to proceed and one to go back, and a riddle, both of which were left out of the movie. The troll was already knocked out by Quirrel, but it was a much much bigger troll than the one on Halloween so they wouldn't have been able to get past it. Hermione took quite a long time to figure out the riddle. Those flying keys could probably kill you by all impaling you, so anyone less than a once-a-century seeker or someone able to overpower or undo the key's enchantments wouldn't be able to get past it. The chess board is deadly. If Ron wasn't on a piece that already existed he'd have been killed; you had to play Chess in such a way as you not only checkmate White's King but also so that YOU, AS A PIECE, survive. Not easy at all. The Devil's Snare is simple enough but only if you know what you're dealing with and know how to survive it. Fluffy is an obstacle you can only get past if you're either a freakishly powerful wizard or know how to put it to sleep. The Mirror of Erised is most genius, and frankly, Dumbledore could have just had the mirror out in some random corridor and the Stone would be safe by virtue of nobody even knowing of the Stone's existence, as well as the fact that Dumbledore probably didn't tell even the staff about his protections. The trapdoor and all protections beyond it would have just been a giant, deadly red herring with a fake Stone at the end.

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