Who'll be a prefect?

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 11701

Ebony wrote:

> 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. 

I agree completely, with this and with your take on the two boys as 
each wishing he had the life of the other.  I don't see Ron as Poor 
Ron--but sometimes Ron does.  Not to the extent of really feeling 
sorry for himself, or even feeling seriously jealous most of the time, 
but just to the extent you describe:  he'd like to change places with 
Harry.  So I think his being prefect would both be a nice twist and a 
source of some interesting dynamics between him and Harry.

I overstated my own sense that "everything comes to Harry."  What I 
really meant was that everything *happens* to Harry.  The same thing 
that made me cheer for the 15 seconds I thought he wasn't going to be 
Triwizard Champion is at work here.  If Harry became a prefect it 
would probably just get him into some serious, life-endangering 
trouble, same as the Tournament did, but still, he'd be at the center 
of things.  As usual.  I guess that's why his name's on the cover, 
huh?  ;-)

Penny wrote:

>As for the prefect issue -- I'm not even so sure about Hermione.  How
>will the professors/staff feel about her close friendship with 2     
>notorious rule-breakers?  :--)  

Yeah, but don't you wonder about these staff sometimes?  I mean, they 
made James "you think the Weasley Twins are bad" Potter Head Boy.

Amy Z