(FANFIC) Re: Quiddich Story Lines

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 28338

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Cindy C." <cynthiaanncoe at h...> wrote:

> So what's left to do?  So far, Harry has won every time except when 
> he fell off his broom in PoA.  I wonder if it would work for Harry 
> to start getting a taste of defeat,

I wrote a fanfic with some Quidditch ideas: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HP_FanFiction/files/Catlady%27s%20Storie
s/Quidditch.htm

If there is Quidditch in Book 5, the Gryffindor team will need a new 
Keeper as well as a new Captain. I assume there will be some kind of 
try-outs for the positions (in Book 1, among the announcements at one 
meal is that students who want to try out for their House teams 
should see Madam Hooch, altho' Harry gets the Seeker position without 
try-outs). I assume that Ron the Quidditch nut will try out for the 
position.

In case the reason Ron hasn't tried to get on the team because is 
lack of money for a broomstick rather than lack of an opening on the 
team, I supplied him with a broomstick - money might not even be 
an issue, as there have been theories posted about 1) every student 
who gets onto the first string of their House team automatically has 
one broomstick provided by the school (so the only unusual thing 
about HP's Nimbus 2000 was that he was a first-year) but no upgrades 
(hence the need for Lucius to pay to replace Slytherin's broomsticks 
with Nimbus 2001s) nor even replacements for broken ones (like H's in 
PoA), or 2) the Weasley parents (and older brothers) will be able to 
afford a new broomstick for Ron now (with fewer brothers that have to 
be supported by the parents now that they are grown up and have jobs 
of their own, and more brothers who now are in a position to 
contribute financially).

In my fic, Ron gets the position and is great at it. He could have 
gotten the position and been dreadful and let the other team score 
that they won despite Harry catching the Snitch, leading to fight 
between Ron and Harry.

And another plot line that I did NOT put in my fic is Ron's various 
forms of angst if he doesn't win the try-outs, if he is defeated by 
(that is, the Keeper position goes to:

A Muggle-born such as Dean Thomas. Dean has been stated to be tall, 
which I think would be good for Keeper, and if he is sports-mad 
rather than merely soccer-mad he would adore Quidditch by this time. 
Ron has never felt any of this nonsense about Pure Blood before, but 
would this defeat cause resentment that would stress his tolerance?

A girl, such as Lavender Brown. There seems to be not so much sexism 
in the wizarding world, but boys and girls could still have some 
gender issues.

A younger student, such as one of the first-years we saw sorted in 
GoF, now second-year and eligible for the House team: for an 
almost-grown-up to be defeated at athleticism (other than girls' 
gymnastics) by a teeny-bopper must burn with shame.

A Harry's year Gryffindor girl who is so unpopular with her 
housemates and classmates that we readers haven't even heard her 
name yet, perhaps something of a Moaning Myrtle appearance and 
personality, who suddenly goes from Ugly Duckling to Popular Swan 
when she turns into a Quidditch star. EVERYONE, not just Ron, would 
have issues when boys start massively chasing a girl whose lanky 
figure and lanky hair they previously ignored or occasionally mocked. 
The girls who made fun of her spotty skin would be furious. Hermione 
would not be pleased that a not-good student who mocked her for being 
a brain, grind, teacher's pet suddenly has acolytes to assist her 
mockery. 
 
GINNY! Who is Younger and a Girl and His Own SISTER, plus using all 
those practices to make time with Harry.