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

Renee Daniels Calimora at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 30 17:06:36 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 66041

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "T.M. Sommers" <tms2 at m...> 
wrote:
> I don't think a Seeker would make a good, or even feasible, 
captain. 
> For one thing, the Seeker plays a game entirely separate from the 
other
> players.  He or she is not involved at all in the process of scoring
> points and defending the goal, so he is not in a good position to 
come
> up with plays, or coach the other players, or anything like that.  
For
> another thing, the Seeker can't spare any attention during the game 
for
> anything other than seeking; he can't call plays, or move players
> around, or anything.
> 
> 
>> 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). 
> 
> I didn't remember that.  I still think my argument above makes 
sense.

Me:

The Famous Charlie Weasley was Seeker and Captain.

~Calimora





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