Next year's Quidditch (was: Re: Ginny Weasley)

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No: HPFGUIDX 89616

> Hitomi now:
> Hey guys!  Anyway, I KNOW there is a quote in the books SOMEWHERE 
> that states Katie is the same age as Alicia.  I'm in the middle of 
> looking for it, so give me time on that, but the Lexicon states 
> Katie is the same age as Angelina and Alicia, meaning she 
> graduated.  Oh, and yeah, she was still on the Quidditch team in 
the 
> fifth book, Julie, so she couldn't've graduated, yet, neh? :-)  I'm 
> looking, just give me a bit, I'll post the quote when I find it!  
> Thanks for making me look for this, though, I should have given the 
> proof to begin with >_<

I actually raised this exact question about two months ago (I think) 
and got several answers but nobody who manage to find any canon 
regarding Katie's age. At the time I also ran a computerized search 
over all 5 books, finding any single case where the words "Katie" 
and "Bell" are mentioned, and couldn't find any reference to her age. 
Of course it is possible the information is there but in a more 
implicit form. For example, an evidence that all the players in the 
team during SS/PS were also on the team during the previous year, 
which will imply that Katie could not be a second year in SS/PS 
because Harry was the only first year player in 100 yrs. Or any 
evidence that Katie goes to the same class at the same time with 
Angelina and/or Alicia. The information might also be in a JKR 
interview. I don't have a clue what was the lexicon based upon when 
listing Katie in the same year with Alicia and Angelina.

So good luck with your difficult quest, and please be sure to report 
any conclusions.


> Hitomi now:
> Personally, I still think it will be Harry over Ron.  Ron got to be 
> a prefect, and Harry was never meant to be banned according to 
> McGonagall, just given detention, and she decides the Quidditch 
> players.  It just makes more sense to me; Harry has been on the 
team 
> the longest, has the most experience, and is probably the best 
> flyer.  Which is usually how team captains are chosen, not to 
> mention people would follow him.  Do I think Ron could be captain?  
> Sure, but instead of doing the things he saw when he was eleven, 
and 
> thought he wanted (to be the best of his brothers), how about he do 
> something completely different instead?  Bill and Percy were Head 
> Boys, Charlie was Quidditch captain, why not let Ron be unique, and 
> do something none of them did?  I'd prefer that myself.  Especially 
> with Quidditch and grades being on the lower end of priorities in 
> the next two books (you know, behind staying alive and trying to 
> prevent LV from taking power :-) 

Neri again:
I like this theory. My own tentative theory, based on Ron winning the 
quidditch cup in OotP, is that Ron *is* going to get everything he 
saw in the mirror of Erised, but winning it will cost him at least as 
much heartache and woe as the quidditch cup cost him. This will teach 
him something about the price of glory that he definitely needs to 
learn.   

Neri