Krum the transfer student?

[jodel at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 53887

Well, I am one of the (majority?) who think that Krum was probably in his 
last year of school for GoF, but what the hell. I'll make a stab at this 
myself.

There are FOUR houses at Hogwarts, people. Why is the problem of where Krum 
would be sorted being seen only in terms of Slytherin (because he was a guest 
there) or Gryffindor?

>From what we've seen of him, does he ACT like a Gryffindor? (Well, maybe 
Neville...)
Does he ACT like a Slytherin? (None of them that we've met.) WHat do we 
really know about his underlying character?

He caught the snitch in order to end a match so his Country and his *Team* 
would not lose too much face in a situation when they were clearly 
outmatched.  (Bulgaria had probably only qualified for the World Cup because 
their tactics had so intimidated the teams they had met in the earlier 
matches. It is very hard to believe that, even with Krum -- who truly is star 
material in the air -- they had really gotten there on merit.) How do we know 
he wouldn't land in Hufflepuff? (Which is down a Seeker.)

For that matter, the boy is inarticulate, but not unintellegent. How do we 
know that he wouldn't land in Ravenclaw? (Whose current Seeker, poor girl, is 
probably somewhat "off her game" this year. Hm. Krum/Cho would certainly 
solve a lot of people's problems, wouldn't it?)

-JOdel (Who also agrees that, having played on the National level it is 
unlikely that Krum will be permitted to play on any House team.)