[HPforGrownups] Good Slytherin (Was: Re: Thestrals and Slytherins)

[Kathryn Cawte]

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--Random832
 
No. He awarded Neville's points _last_ and clearly would not have but 
for the fact that what he'd given H/R/H was not *quite* enough to give 
them the lead.
 
Again, i don't have the book with me.
 
Me -

Oh goodness please don't suggest that. Neville's points were the only ones I
agreed with! Besides he can't have made a last minute decision on that
surely, I mean he can count (we assume) he must have known before the feast
how many points were needed, in which case the order he awarded the points
isn't really relevent - someone had to be last after all. I *do* think he
may have left Nevvile's points till last to up the dramatic tension over
whether Slytherin were losing the cup at the last minute or he was just
giving Gryffindor equal points.

I disagree with the points given - although I do agree that Hermione and Ron
s actions in the Chamber were worthy and deserving or recognition (note I
said recognition *not* reward) but since I don't think they should have been
looking for the Stone in the first place I don't think they should have had
to act as they did - and I disagree with the manner in which they were
awarded - I think they should have been awarded as soon as Dumbledore got
them out of the room (or in Harry's case as soon as he regained
consciousness). I think that the event was deliberately humiliating for the
Slytherins and that it was another case of Gryffindors being rewarded for
recklessley breaking rules *but* I do not think Dumbledore is *quite* biased
enough to award the points specifically to take away the cup from Slytherin.
While it may have influenced his decision on exactly how many points to
award I think he genuinely believes they deserved the points - I may not
have made that clear earlier, so I'm taking the point now. I think that the
gryffindors tend to benefit from an unconscious level of favouritism where
from people in general, whereas they lose out in Potions to Snape's
conscious and deliberate prejudice against them. 

K