Question: Katie Bells age and the next quidditch captain

[srbeers]

No: HPFGUIDX 87614

> Neri wrote:
> 
> I have assumed one of the interesting questions for Book 6 is whether 
> Harry or Ron will be the Gryffindor quidditch captain (BTW my bet is 
> on Ron).
> 
> 
> Berit replies:
> 
> Ron has only played for a year, so I have my doubts he'll be chosen 
> as Quidditch captain in book 6. He needs more experience. My guess is 
> that Harry will be captain in book 6 and Ron will be captain in book 
> 7.

srbeers:

speculation-
First, I agree, with the recent book, Katie's year seem unclear. I
have always thought all three girls were in the same year with Fred
and George, but the inconsistencies you pointed out leave some doubt.

I speculate that if Katie is there, she will be in here last year, and
so I think she will turn the captainship over to Harry as that will
allow him more time and experience in building his own team. 

By that I mean that Harry being head of the team for two years will
allow him to build a better team than having the Captain change very
year; Alica(?) one year, Katie the next, and Harry after that. Much
better to have one good consistent captain over time. This allows him
to structure and train the team to his/her best advantage.

Now to my speculation, I suspect Katie, if there and the overal team
if she is not, will elect Harry as captain. Initially, Harry will be
honored, but Harry has a lot of irons in the fire, a lot of demands on
him and his time, and already far more stress than he can handle. I
also speculate that with Ron being far more knowledgable in Quidditch,
having followed and participated in it his whole life, there will be
conflict between Ron and Harry over how best to run and train the team. 

Eventually, after a period of conflict, Harry will realize that his
own life is too full, and that Ron really does know what he is talking
about, Harry will turn the captaincy over to Ron. I predict that their
performance will be marginal during Harry's reign, but once Ron takes
over and Harry stress level is reduced, the teams performance will
improve greatly, and in the end, they will win the Quidditch Cup.

That would mean what Ron saw in the Mirror of Erised had almost
complete come true; Quidditch Player, Quidditch Cup Winner, Team
Captain. The only think missing from his vision would be Ron as a Head
Boy, and we won't see that until 7th year.

Unfortunately, the more successful and the more fulfilled Ron is, the
more likely I think he is to 'sleep with the fishes' before the end of
the book.

Like I said; all speculation. However, I did accurately and
unwaveringly predict that Ron would be Keeper, so maybe I'm on the
right track this time.

srbeers