Dumbledore and favoritism in COS

[derannimer <susannahlm@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51362

Tom wrote: 

>Recap: In PS/SS, HHR did stuff, and got 60/50/50 
>points respectively for the stuff they did.

>In CoS, Harry and Ron are awarded TWO-HUNDRED POINTS EACH.


Yeah, but you know, in the first book the points are screwed up 
generally.

I mean, look at Harry's first potions class. Snape takes *individual* 
points off him. In the other three books, you never lose or gain less 
than five points at a shot. 

Look at five points apiece for the troll. 

See, I think that by the second book JKR changed the point system so 
that each individual point was worth less, and started using them in 
rounder numbers. So I've always assumed that the discrepency in the 
rewards between PS/SS and COS was just part of the general points 
discrepency between PS/SS and COS. It's a bit Flinty, but not 
indicative of very much. 



Derannimer (who thinks that *a lot* of things are screwed up in the 
first book that JKR later got right. Look at the way Hagrid talks in 
PS/SS: "Gulpin' Gargoyles." ::cringes slightly:: We never hear anyone 
use that kind of "colorful wizard expression" throughout the course 
of the next three books, save for a couple references to Merlin. And 
certainly nothing alliterative. Thank heaven.)