Some minor OoP: Who do you think will be Quidditch Captain in book 6?

[Susan Atherton]

No: HPFGUIDX 63549

Presumably, as Ginny said, Harry will be back on the Quidditch team next year, as Umbridge is gone.

Now. Since Angelina Johnson was old enough for the Goblet in GoF, she must've been at least a sixth year then - which means she MUST have left school at the end of OoP. Now, I could be wrong, but considering that she, Alicia, and Katie seemed to be pretty much best mates (scenes of them together outside of Quidditch, eg. Angelina chatting with Alicia when Fred asks her to the Yule Ball), I'd always imagined they were in the same year.

That means, at the end of OoP, there is only one person left on the Quidditch team. 

His Royal Highness, King Ronald Weasley.

If Harry gets reinstated at the beginning of next year - well, I can only assume that he will become Quidditch captain! I mean, they have to have a captain to pick the new members, right? And since Ron's only been on the team one year and Harry's been on five, and he's, well, much better at Quidditch than Ron, one would think he'd be named Quidditch captain. Unless, of course, Dumbledore decides, a la the prefect decision, that he's got too much on his plate.

One thing that concerns me is the appointment of Cedric Diggory in PoA. Wood announces that "[Hufflepuff]'ve got a new captain and Seeker, Cedric Diggory" (PoA, UK p/b p126). Now, you wouldn't think the newest player on the team would be made captain. In PoA, Cedric Diggory is a fifth year - we know this because in GoF he was not yet of age, and couldn't Apparate to the QWC - as is Ron upon his appointment in OoP. Now admittedly Diggory was a better Seeker than Ron is a Keeper, but I'm still VERY doubtful they'd make him captain. This can only imply that he was either on a different position (a la Ginny Weasley's Seeker/Chaser transfer [can't find the ref - my God there's a lot of OoP]) or he was a reserve. I'm inclined to think he's a different position, because otherwise he wouldn't be a *new* Seeker. So he must've been on the team already - but for how long?

I don't know - would they really make Ron captain over Harry? I know JKR isn't trying to seem obvious, but it seems to me that in the real world, it would be very unfair to make Ron captain over Harry. But then again, Ron is a much better strategist than Harry (all those chess games), which the school is aware of ("Percy could be heard telling the other Prefects 'My brother, you know! My youngest brother! Got past McGonagall's giant chess set!'" - PS UK p/b p221), including McGonagall (as just stated), so perhaps she'll appoint him captain off that basis?

Hmmmm. I seem to be arguing myself out of one point of view and then back again - does anyone else have any thoughts?

Susan
who will be VERY cross if Harry isn't back on the team next year - Quidditch matches are my favourite parts in the books and the movies.
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