OOP: Snitch

[rlharalson]

No: HPFGUIDX 62207

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lilac" <lilac_bearry at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Taryn Kimel" <amani at c...> 
> wrote:
> > Why can't he just be using it to show off his reflexes? Even 
> though he's a Chaser, the Snitch is easy to carry around and a good 
> thing to impress reflexes with. I'm just not understanding why so 
> many people are asking why he has a Snitch if he's a Chaser. He 
> can't very well carry a Quaffle around, can he?
> 
> Me:
> That's a very good point. Not sure why that wasn't my first 
> reaction, though.  
> 
> > And it wouldn't be showing off his money. He didn't buy the 
> Snitch, he snuck it out.
> > 
> 
> Me:
> Not showing off that he bought it, but playing with the invention 
of 
> his great-great-great-great-great grandfather, and hoping a certain 
> somebody notices this and asks him during the course of the 
> conversation, "Why are you playing with a Snitch when you play 
> Chaser?" so he can respond "I'm related to the inventor!" and she 
> can deduce that he's rich because of this (didn't JKR say that 
James 
> inherited a bunch of money?). I wouldn't put that past Showoffat15!
> James.  
> 
> Lilac, still wondering what James did to change Lily's mind in 
years 
> 6 and 7...

According to the Harry Potter Lexicon (a great web resource) JKR 
confirmed in an interview that James was a Chaser not a Seeker. This 
is considered to be canon despite the mistake in the movie.

Renee