[HPforGrownups] Who'll be a prefect?

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 11665

Amy Z wrote re: potential Prefects--
>
> > > I go with Ron and Hermione.  It's about time something DIDN'T come
> > Harry's way.  <snip>  I'd like Ron to have something Harry doesn't--yes, 
>I know he has a loving family and a normal life--I mean something Ron 
>himself regards as a prize.  Plus I want to see F&G harass him about
> > being the next Percy.

Firebolt responded:
>Actually, I've always suspected there are only four prefects per year, one 
>for each House, and in seventh year there are two prefects, a Head Girl, 
>and a Head Boy. So I think it
>will just be Hermione. But it would be interesting if it were Ron 
>instead...<g>.
>

I think the rumor on Jenna's site is that Hermione will make prefect.  
But--dream vote is for Ron to be the prefect instead.  <g>

This way, we'll see how he handles "having something Harry doesn't."  <g>  I 
have my own theories about how Ron would handle the spotlight.  Great side 
effect--Hermione, unless JKR drastically changes her character will be upset 
about it.  <vbg>

I won't touch the argument about Ron having something that Harry doesn't as 
fully as I could.  Everyone knows my position... each of the two in some 
degree wants to be the other.  Not *only* does Ron have a loving family and 
a normal life, he is an "insider" in the wizarding world, he's a chess whiz, 
and of the three my guess is that he has the best people skills by far... he 
can make friends much more easily than either Know-it-All Hermione or 
Lived-in-a-Cupboard-for-a-Decade Harry.

So sure, I want Ron to become a Prefect.  But not because I'm a Poor Ron 
advocate.  If we argue for Poor Ron, we can certainly make a case for Poor 
Harry, Poor Neville, and others.

The last thing that Ron needs is our misguided sympathy.  Ron needs to now 
seize this moment in canon and make it his.

However, in most stories, a sidekick that is disgruntled with the role he's 
been cast in means some sticky moments.  And that's what bothers me most of 
all.  ;-)

--Ebony AKA AngieJ  (who is glad that her H/H mates aren't touching the HGTG 
argument... one of the few ship-wide positions we hold is that Hermione is 
not "the girl"... the terminology used indicates female objectification... 
and we believe that Hermione is not some prize to be won...)

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Ebony AKA AngieJ
(H/H Special Agent, First Class)

"'We start by recruiting members,' said Hermione happily.  'I thought two 
Sickles to join--that buys a badge--and the proceeds can fund our leaflet 
campaign.  You're treasurer, Ron--I've got you a collecting tin 
upstairs--and Harry, you're secretary, so you might want to write down 
everything I'm saying now, as a record of our first meeting.'

"There was a pause in which Hermione beamed at the pair of them, and Harry 
sat, torn between exasperation at Hermione and amusement at the look on 
Ron's face."

--from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, p. 225, 1st Amer. ed.

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