Quiditch-McGonagall-and the missing teacer

[Evil1ClaudeRains at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 30040

In a message dated 11/26/01 9:25:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
feycat at feycat.net writes:


> >>Now what I want to know is why Gryffindor was forced to play against
> Ravenclaw while their seeker was in a coma in the hospital wing
> (PS/SS), while Slytherin is able to postpone games when their seeker
> gets a scrape on his arm? It would seem to me under the circumstances
> that Gryfindor should have been able to forfeit the game if not
> postpone it a week, rather than suffer their worst defeat in 100 years
> (or whatever it was).<<

Yeah. I was just rereading SS when I noticed this little beauty of a line:

"I can't, there isn't a reserve seeker. If I back out, Gryffindor can't play 
at all." 

It made little sense that they played that last game, even if it *was* the 
last game. Why would have to forfeit. After all, without a seeker they 
couldn't win the game! 

There was something else I noticed. One of the smaller mysteries of the 
Potterverse, I'd say. According to Hagrid, Quirrell had taken a year off to 
study abroad-so who was the DADA teacher during that year? The world may 
never know. 

Also, I'm not sure if it's relevent to any of the currently active topics, 
but I noticed in the movie (don't worry, just making a quick refference.) 
when they are looking at the trophies you see 'MG McGonagall-1971'. Was this 
ever mentioned in the books? Did McGonagall play Quidditch? 

I'm just posting that information incase it will help any current debates. 
Who knows-maybe the ongoing age debate? 

~Cassie~ 


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