[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's importance and threats of expulsion

[Troels Forchhammer]

No: HPFGUIDX 57227

At 15:58 07-05-03 +0000, Ersatz Harry wrote:
>--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Troels Forchhammer
><t.forch at m...> wrote:
> >>Seeker as Captain?  Seems unlikely; they are two very different types
> >>of people.
> >
> > Cedric Diggory!
>
>Oops.
>
>I suppose I have to let a counterexample get in the way of my
>beautiful theory, don't I?  Harumph.

I think that I remember an adage in English that is equivalent to
our Danish "that is the exception that proves the rule," but I
don't recall the exact words.;-)

>But arguments and rationalizations aside, Harry still does
>not *feel* like he has a captain's sort of personality to me.

Well - I do think he's a natural leader, but I also believe that
he has to improve that talent, so the conclusion is sort of
inevitable for me ;-)

>Maybe I'm just too influenced by how Oliver acts, and he
>seems a very different sort of personality than Harry.

/If/ Wood has let the team go for two years without reserves
(CoS and PoA) after that disastrous defeat at the end of PS,
then I think it's time for another personality at the captaincy ;-)

>I guess we'll see in 6+ weeks...

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!
(sorry - I'll try to be quiet)

Troels