some pointless (get it?) questions from GOF

[Amy Z <lupinesque@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50371

Tom wrote:

> I don't recall any mention of points being added 
> to or taken from any of the houses or students during GoF, although 
> this could just be a lapse in memory on my part.

Well, it's a long book.  You're forgiven.  ;-)

There are a few cases, e.g., during the Yule Ball when Snape is 
wrathfully striding amongst the rosebushes.  I was LOONy enough to 
compile a complete list of points and detentions for all four books, 
which is probably sitting on Lexicon Steve's hard drive, in the "Do 
even Lexicon readers care about THIS?" folder.  *waves cheerily at 
Steve*  I don't remember the details without looking up my lists.

So, to return to the point, would points mean anything to students if 
they knew there would be no House Cup that year?  I suppose there 
could be other rewards.  And they could have quietly cancelled the 
House Cup championship at the very end of the year, after Cedric's 
death, in which case students would have been motivated in the usual 
way (and very ticked at the end if it was their house that had the 
most points).

Amy Z