James' Quidditch position? (was: houses/ snape's worst memory)

[severusbook4]

No: HPFGUIDX 76901

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ghinghapuss" 
<rredordead at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Nick M." <tomcats at b...> 
wrote:
> > Mandy said:
> > > Rowling was asked: What position did James play on the 
Gryffindor 
> > > Quidditch team? Was he seeker like Harry, or something 
different? 
> > > Her answer:  James was Chaser. 
> > 
> > Something to think about: In the Snape's pensieve scene - James 
was 
> > showing off his extreme talents with the Snitch... it doesn't 
make 
> > sense to me why he would be a Chaser if he was THAT good with 
> > catching Snitches...
> > 
> > "Nick M."

Severus here:

It's mentioned in the book that James was the seeker for his team, 
and in the movie the plaque had him listed as house seeker, so why 
would JKR say he was a chaser?  The movie seemed to try and make it 
a point that James was a seeker and Harry was the youngest seeker in 
a century, so JKR changed her mind between the time the book was 
written and the movie was produced?  Hermione says "You won't make a 
fool of yourself. It's in your blood" and then leads them to the 
plaque (movie). I remember her or Ron saying something along the 
same line in the book SS, and Gred and Forge teasing him abit about 
how badly players get hurt, and how the players sometimes dissapear 
for a month or two. Or am I mistaken and confusing the movie with 
the book and vice versa?