Draco an underdog?

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 132103

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hickengruendler" 
<hickengruendler at y...> wrote:
> > Betsy Hp:
> > Why?  Why not have just Harry beat on Draco 
> > in OotP, instead of Harry and George?  
> 
> Hickengruendler:
> 
> I'm not sure, if you will like this answer, but IMO, the primarly 
> reason for doing so was the plot. Jo needed an opportunity for 
Harry 
> being thrown out of the Quidditch Team, so that readers like me, 
who 
> find the Quidditch sections in the books pretty boring, don't have 
to 
> read about more Quidditch than necessarily. ;-) Also, Harry went 
with 
> Hagrid to see Grawp during a Quidditch match, and it was the only 
> opportunity, since Umbridge was occupied with the Game at this 
point. 
> Similarly, after being thrown out of the Quidditch Team, Fred and 
> George didn't have any more reasons, to stay at Hogwarts (they said 
> so themselves), leading to their glorious exit. This scene 
basically 
> leads to the following events.

Alshain:
Good analysis. From a character standpoint, I see it as a consequence 
of Weasley family dynamics - in spite of their differing opinions, 
they're a very cohesive group, aren't they? After Percy left, the 
rest of them got even more defensive of each other to keep the front 
intact (outwards, that is.) The internal bickering remains, but any 
outsider who cracks jokes about a family member is going to have a 
heap of irate, hot-tempered and red-headed Weasleys descending like a 
ton of bricks.