[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry, Ron, Concerns

[Patricia Bullington-McGuire]

No: HPFGUIDX 57190

On Tue, 6 May 2003, maria_kirilenko wrote:

> As much as I don't want Harry to become Captain, I have to admit that 
> it's the only thing that'll make sense. Consider, what's the use of 
> Angelina, Fred, or George becoming Captain for just one year, when 
> someone, most likely Harry, will have to take over the next year 
> anyway?

Angelina, Fred and George all have more experience with Quidditch than 
Harry.  Therefore they are more likely to lead the team to victory in the 
Quidditch Cup.  While it may only be one year, each Cup victory is 
important.  Look how happy Wood (and the rest of the Gryffindor team) was 
to win the Cup just one time in his entire time at Hogwarts.  Don't 
underestimate the importance of "just one year" in sports.
 
> Although, it would make sense for Harry to be co-captain with 
> someone, so that he could learn all the techniques, and be fully 
> prepared to captain in his sixth year. 

Harry could well be mentored by the new captain without being
"co-captain."  Co-captain would imply that he has an equal amount of
authority over the team.  That wouldn't be good for the team if he doesn't
have the knowledge and experience to use it well, and he doesn't need
actual authority to learn loads more about strategy than he knows now.

> Who knows, maybe *he*, at least, will realize the benefits of having 
> a reserve team, especially a reserve Seeker.

Well, I hope *somebody* realizes it.  I can accept that they were
short-handed one year (PS/SS), but surely by now they ought to have been
able to find *one* other Gryffindor with sharp eyes who can ride a broom.  

----
Patricia Bullington-McGuire	<patricia at obscure.org>

The brilliant Cerebron, attacking the problem analytically, discovered
three distinct kinds of dragon: the mythical, the chimerical, and the
purely hypothetical.  They were all, one might say, nonexistent, but each
nonexisted in an entirely different way ... 
                -- Stanislaw Lem, "Cyberiad"