First meetings; Poor poor Slytherin at the House Cup

[corinthum]

No: HPFGUIDX 71399

K wrote:

> Being hurt in itself is not worthy of reward - they got hurt because 
> they were somewhere they shouldn't have been, doing something they 
> shouldn't have been doing. As i say they didn't deserve the points
in 
> the first place but if they had to have them then the points shouldf 
> have been awarded the same way they are usually awarded - as soon 
> after the event as possible. When they so bravely fought the troll 
> (that's sarcasm btw since while they showed courage they also showed 
> the corresponding Gryffindor weaknes, no actual thought)they were 
> awarded the points immediately aftrewards. The only other reference 
> we have to any kind of special ceremony is Riddle being awarded some 
> kind of trophy for framing Hagrid
> 
> The method in which Gryffindor one was unnecessarily humiliating.

Just out of curiosity, where is your evidence for this humiliation?  I
don't have my books with me, so I could be forgetting something, and
if so, please correct me.  But from what I remember the Slytherins
were furious, yes, but not humiliated.  Humiliation would result if
Dumbledore had singled out the lack of action anyone in Slytherin had
taken, or insulted them in some other way.  But I don't think the
anger at losing would be any different if the members of Slytherin had
walked by the hourglass on their way to the final feast and seen that
Gryffindor had suddenly gained a boatload of points, and jumped ahead
of Slytherin to win the House Championship.  Actually, I would expect
them to be more insulted if this occurred, because they wouldn't know
the reasons behind the sudden change.

-Corinth