You can tell here that Harry is still really hurting from what happened to Cedric. It’s understandable of course - he saw him die when he was only fourteen, and he feels partially responsible due to the fact he told Cedric to take the cup with him. Of course, we know it wasn’t Harry’s fault, but he doesn’t understand that. There was no way he could have predicted what would happen - but as he see’s it, it’s partially his fault.

And then iwe learn here, it seems that there’s also survivors guilt mixed in with that. Harry knows that he was supposed to be the one to die in the graveyard, not Cedric. It was him Riddle was after, and the fact that he escaped due to sheer luck while Cedric, an older and stronger wizard died because he wasn’t needed must make him feel awful.

No wonder he get’s mad here [note that I’m not blaming Ron, he obviously has no idea what Harry is going through] when Ron suggests that Harry did better than Cedric in the graveyard. If Harry had of been in control of the situation at all, he wouldn’t have let Cedric die. He may have even sacrificed himself for Cedric. Although in the future he will come to be thankful for it, at the moment he see’s his escape as curse.

Also, never insult Cedric Diggory unless you want to endure the wrath of Harry Potter. That includes making “sparkly vampire” jokes. Harry hates those.

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I find it endearing how much Harry cares about fulfilling Cedric’s last request. Even when he can’t reach the portkey, he doesn’t decide to leave Cedric and just grab the portkey - he’s desperate to bring Cedric’s body back to his parents. It’s beautiful.

Cedric’s death is a devastating moment in the Harry Potter series. While there were many deaths in the books, Cedric’s is particularly shocking [to me, at least] for a few reasons.

Firstly, Cedric’s death was the first we witness. We didn’t witness the death of James and Lily, nor the death of Quirrell [Harry fainted before Quirrell died in PS] and up until this point the books had been very innocent, and then he we see Cedric murdered for no reason other than that he was just there.

Secondly, Cedric is such a decent person in the books and he’s so young when he dies. - he’s only 17/18 here. Cedric is a wonderful person, he values fair play, he’s loyal, he’s hardworking, he honorable, he’s lovely. In Prisoner of Azkaban when he found out Harry had fainted at the Quidditch match he wanted a rematch to make it fair, and told Harry he was very happy for him when Harry got his Firebolt. Here to, in Goblet of Fire, he always worked hard to make sure that him and Harry were on the same level [telling Harry about egg, helping Harry in the maze]. Cedric was like a knight of the roundtable.

Thirdly is the senseless way in which Cedric was killed. Cedric wasn’t killed during battle or because he did something to anger Riddle - he was killed simply because he was in the way. Cedric was struck down like a fly by someone preparing for a banquet, only in this case the banquet involves some twisted blood magic. The way Riddle ordered Wormtail to kill Cedric shows how corrupted and evil he is - he literally has no remorse, no empathy, no feelings. Other people are nothing to him unless he can use them for his own gain.

When Cedric dies here, Jo is basically saying “Shit’s about to get real, kids. There’s more where this came from.”

I think, regardless of what house you’re in, it’s easy to feel happy for the Hufflepuffs here. The house that so rarely see’s glory to it’s name, and here they are having one of their own picked to represent their house in the Triwizard Tournament! Perhaps I’m bias, being a Hufflepuff myself, but I find this a really beautiful moment for them that they’re finally recognized to do something great and they’re so proud of Cedric, and they’re all cheering as one.

Cedric is such decent guy.