replies to Quidditch and house points; Snape's loyalties

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Heather wrote:
> Does Quidditch affect the House points?

Yes, there are references to it in PS/SS ("If Gryffindor wins against
Hufflepuff, thwey overtake Slytherin on the House Cup race...", and Oliver
telling Harry "Quit?  How're you going to earn the points back?") and at
PoA as well (Gryffindor winning the House Cup BECAUSE of their spectacular
performance during the quidditch tournament)

> If it does, how?
> Are the points a team gets in a game directly given to the House? 

I haven't seen any references to answer this, although I'd like to believe
that you earn a certain amount of points per victory, and a certain amount
of points for winning the cup, but that's just me.


Bree wrote:
> I know most people think LV knows Snape is disloyal, but Snape has 
> worked really hard to continue portraying his hatred for Harry and 
> his fondness for Slytherin and Malfoy. Since we only see his actions 
> through Harry, this becomes more likely. Harry (and we) only know so 
> much...

I think Snape really doesn't like Harry, but is honor-bound to protect him
anyway.  Slytherin?  It's his house, after all.  Malfoy?  Now this is quite
tricky.  Yes, it's apparent that Snape likes Malfoy, there's even a textual
reference to it (PoA?).  But shouldn't Snape worry about Lucius Malfoy?
After all, Snape has betrayed LV, and Lucius is definitely part of the
inner circle, so to speak.