[HPforGrownups] Re: Yule Ball pairings (F/A)/Quidditch Cup
Neil Ward
neilward at dircon.co.uk
Fri Nov 3 11:43:25 UTC 2000
No: HPFGUIDX 5043
Catlady wrote:
<<<<<I suppose that when Fred said he was going to the ball with Angelina
and Harry said "Have you asked her yet?" and Fred shouted across the
room to Angelina: "Want to go to the ball with me?" (all paraphrased)
that showed that Fred and Angelina were at least 'going steady' so
that they could both take it for granted that they were going to
the ball together without having had to discuss it.>>>>>
You could be right, but that exchange could be interpreted in a number of ways.
Fred announces "promptly" that he's going to ball with Angelina before he
asks her and he doesn't show any embarrassment. She gives him an
"appraising" look before accepting. If they were going steady, wouldn't
people assume they were going to the ball as a couple anyway? Why would
Harry need to ask Fred if he had asked Angelina yet? If they were going
steady in secret, I doubt they would have bellowed at each other across the
room like that.
Since they are on the same Quidditch team, I imagine that Fred and Angelina
are already pretty good mates and, as far as we can tell, neither of them is
a shrinking violet. I'd say that they were seriously interested in each
other, but needed to use this rather brazen way of getting together. Some
people, like Harry, choke on their words and turn to jelly when they ask
someone out. Other people, like Fred or Angelina, take a more direct 'yeah
- why not?' approach and seem to shrug off any rejection. I don't think the
second type of person is any less nervous on the inside: in both cases the
adrenaline is really pumping, but some fight while others take flight.
Catlady also said, about Slytherin winning the Quidditch Cup:
<<<<I think they *did* win the Quidditch Cup all those years. In fact, my
timeline problem is that PoA makes it sound like Slytherin started
their winning streak of the Quidditch Cup one year before their
winning streak of the House Cup, which doesn't fit.>>>>>
Hmmmmm. Are you assuming that the winners of the Quidditch Cup automatically
win the House Cup? Although we haven't seen them, I'd assume there are
other inter-House events which win large amounts of points, so it is
probably possible for Slytherin to win the Quidditch Cup and not get the
House Cup. There are also the points won and lost by individual students,
which could affect the final scores.
Neil
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