>>98867375>>98869277You don't really appear to understand. Harry and co. didn't get through the trapdoor trials because they were poorly designed. They got through them because they were poorly designed ON PURPOSE.
Dumbledore WANTED Harry to get past the trapdoor. He WANTED Harry to confront Voldemort, because Dumbledore understood that it's what must be done. It's very clear from some of the things he says that he either knew, or very much suspected, that Quirrel was evil and working for Voldemort, and that he was after the Stone. He intentionally planned the two (three?) of them to meet, because Dumbleore is genre-savvy.
For goodness sake, he literally GIVES Harry his invisibility cloak, then when he loses it Dumbledore finds it and gives it back to him "Just in case". He would also have concluded from that that Harry was out of bed after dark, and he did not punish him, not because Dumbledore is irresponsible, but because Dumbledore is literally dealing with a prophesized hero-child. This isn't some random headmaster and student, this is the Obi Wan of this franchise training the Luke of this franchise for his future. He must allow some rule-bending for Harry, because Harry MUST have the freedom to figure things out for himself, and start confronting the reality of Lord Voldemort so that on day, he will be prepared to defeat him.
All those trials were for Harry, not for stopping Voldemort. It was all staged to provide Harry a challenge. The Mirror was more than enough to prevent Voldemort from getting the Stone all on its own. Dumbledore could've traveled to some far-off country an buried the Stone in a ditch, (or y'know, destroyed it,) but he kept it at Hogwarts specifically as a task for Harry to solve and to hopefully coonfront Voldemort.
Nor did Dumbledore allow James to bully students. We learn later that there are a ton of files dedicated to his and Sirus's many detentions. Besides, bullies always hide the worst of what they do from the teachers.
