House points and prefects

[Maria]

No: HPFGUIDX 53057


Alsh asked:


She believes (and I do too now) that Percy touched his prefect badge 
to deduct the five points he had taken from Gryffindor to the total 
points of the House. AFAICR we havent seen any other prefect taking 
points in canon, so this is not a very strong piece of evidence, but 
there 
isnt anything that disproves the theory either.

Opinions? And if this has been brought up before I apologize.

Me: i think the whole point counting is done by magic. In this
particular instance, the fact that Percy is fidgeting with his badge
could mean that he is nervous or unhappy about having to be strict
and law abiding with his family, but he is a prefect and he has to
act as one; but it still is uncomfortable or difficult to do so, so
he touches his badge for reassurance or something like that. At least
that is what i understand from that particular scene.

Maria (who is from Valencia, Spain, and wonders if your email
address, ending in upv.es, corresponds to Universidad Politecnica de
Valencia or Universidad del Pais Vasco :)  )
 

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