New Gryffindor Quidditch Captain

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No: HPFGUIDX 41553

Terrell wrote:
"Hi all. Quickly popping out of lurkdom to get something off of my 
chest. I need to know what you guys think. Am I lost in assuming that 
there will have to be a new Gryffindor Quidditch captain this year, 
and that we may be surprised who it is?  I picked that up somewhere, 
not sure where, but it got me to thinking.  Who would be most 
shocking? Someone who isn't a player already? Sure,  but that could 
be any number of people, including, but not limited to, Ron, 
Hermione, Neville (Ha!), etc. How about someone who doesn't 
play . . . at Hogwarts.  

"In my line of thinking, when, at the end of GoF, Dumbledore very 
openly welcomes all students who would seek refuge at Hogwarts a 
place within its walls, and looks *purposefully*, shall we say, at 
the Durmstrang students, one (at least) takes him very seriously. I 
think the new captain will be Krum, having switched schools, he will 
be sorted into Gryffindor (having only sat at the Slytherin table in 
GoF b/c of his headmaster's allegiance to it).  Ooh! Hard times for 
HRH! The romantic triangles! The pride! The angst! I love it!
 
"Of course, I don't know what year he was in GoF, so it is quite 
possible that I could be very wrong.  Maybe I'll check around and 
kick myself when I work out its not possible. However, I will post 
this anyway b/c I like the idea."

Krum was already 18 during the World Quidditch Cup (Ch.8, p.105), so 
he definitely would have been in his seventh year in GoF.

I thought Dumbledore looked at the Durmstrang students' direction 
because he thought that they would think that they are now unwelcomed 
at Hogwarts because of their headmaster's disappearance.

As for new captain, barring a surprise candidate, here my short list 
of possibilities:
1. Harry--he is their best player, but he's not one of the senior 
members, and having been a seeker for his whole career, he would know 
less than the other players about scoring goals and playing defense 
(it seems to me that in Quidditch the Seeker works alone and the 
other six work in tandem).
2. Angelina--she's one of the seventh years, and the only one of the 
five (as far as we know) who successfully put her name in the Goblet 
of Fire.

I don't think Ron will be the new Keeper, because it would go against 
Ron playing second fiddle and having no glory for himself.  Neville, 
even if he had talent, would still need to get over his memory charm 
block (which might or might not exist, but that's another 
discussion).  And Hermione never seemed too interested in Quidditch.

Of course, given Rowling's penchant to surprises, we'll probably see 
Dudley as the new captain when book five comes out in about 2008.

--Hei Lun, a Chaser