Eagle owls-Quidditch-Wormtail's hand-Crucio-Nature of magic-Squib kids-Filk

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> You can't win the game without a Seeker, since only the Seeker is 
> allowed to catch the Snitch (QTTA page 30; anyone but a Seeker 
> touching the Snitch is called snitchnipping and is forbidden).  
> However, anyone can be a Seeker; they could draft a reserve Chaser 
to 
> fill the bill, or draft Neville for that matter.  It's like a 
> triple-overtime basketball game where you're using your worst, 
> benchwarming forward as center because your centers are so 
exhausted. 
>  You probably haven't got a snowball's chance of winning, but it's 
> either that or forfeit.



For that matter, why doens't Wood have any reserve players 
whatsoever?  Or did JKR just neglect to mention them?  Could Wood 
literally draft Neville out of the stands, as he did in Harry's 
ridiculous dream, or do you have to actually be a member of the team, 
recognized and all that, to play?

Joshua Dyal