[HPforGrownups] DISCUSSION - Quidditch

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 21236

Hi --

Great Quidditch summary, Simon!!!  
 
> How will people feel if
> Quidditch is side tracked for the rest of the series? I for one will
> be
> mightily disappointed if we see no more Quidditch.

Me too!  I love the Quidditch scenes and was disappointed that we saw no
Quidditch other than the World Cup in GoF.  We saw Harry show off his
flying ability at the First Task, but I want more Quidditch!

> 1) Who will be the new captains for the Hogwarts Quidditch teams?
> <snip>
> 
> (a) For Gryffindor we have a choice of 6 people, the three chasers
> [5], the
> Weasley Twins or Harry. I cannot see the justification for bringing a
> new
> player into the team and instantly making them the captain. The first
> five of
> these have the most experience, but there is the problem that they are
> all in
> their final year at Hogwarts.

I don't think this matters so much (someone being made captain who is in
his/her final year).  This happens frequently with US sports teams
anyway.  I would like to think that the next Gryffindor captain *won't*
be Harry.  I like the twins for Co-Captains or Angelina as sole
captain.  Why Angelina and not Katie or Alicia, you say?  I'm
shamelessly influenced by Ebony's fabulous fanfic, Trouble in Paradise. 
<g>  I wonder if we will see more about Quidditch "try-outs" in OoP (if
Quidditch is indeed continued).  I always wonder if Ron has tried out
for the team before & been rejected.  Don't they need reserve players? 
Harry mentions that Gryffindor has no reserve seeker in PoA.  Are there
reserve chasers and beaters though?  Hmmm...

 > 
> (c) For the other two houses do we know of any possibilities? Will Cho
> continue to play after the death of Cedric?

I think if there is still Quidditch, both Draco (with the other variable
of "if Draco and the other Slytherins turn up for the next term AND
there is still Quidditch) and Cho will still play.  As to whether either
of them would be captains, I can't say.  
> 
> 
> 3) Other players touching the Quaffle?
> There is definitely a rule against any player, except for the Seeker,
> touching
> the Snitch [QTtA]. Is there a similar rule that bans the Seeker and
> Beaters
> from touching the Quaffle? From my understanding of what is written in
> QTtA
> there is not. Does this make sense? Would it be an idea that if needed
> your
> Beaters could get involved with the Quaffle if it came their way?

There is such a ban against the beaters or seeker touching the quaffle
in the Warner Brothers Quidditch board game.  :--)

> And to be thrown into this discussion on Seekers is the one we hear
> about but > do not see play. How good is Charlie? Is Harry really better than him
> or is> this just everyone going over the top on the praise?

I think Oliver said that Harry *could* turn out to be better than
Charlie.  We don't know if he's achieved that status yet or not,
although given Charlie's praise of Harry's flying when he went up
against the Horntail, I think we can feel sure that he is at least close
by now.

Again, I really enjoyed this summary.  Are you writing the Quidditch
FAQ, Simon??  If not, do you want to be?  <g>

Penny