Prefects (was Re: Umbridge, detention, scars, and plotlines, oh my!.)

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 126138


> > Chys:
> > How is it clumbsy foreshadowing if he actually gets part of what 
> > he wants, having earned it himself? <snip>
>  
> Lupinlore:
> Because Ron most definitely HAS NOT earned it.  Dumbledore himself
> admitted that Harry was the one who deserved the badge.  <snip> 
>
> > Chys:
> > As well, Draco is a person everyone would listen to. He's probably 
> > academically stable, too. Some people wonder why he got to be 
> > prefect. I say, why not? He probably earned it as much as Ron did.
> 
> Lupinlore:
> Because Draco is dangerous, malicious, and tyrannical.  That is most
> definitely NOT a person who has earned a position of authority, or 
> who should be given it even if he has.


My understanding is that there are two prefects per house (one boy 
one girl) and that they are chosen by the Head of House in 
consultation with DD (or vice versa).

Draco is Snape's favourite which is why he is the Slytherin male 
prefect.  We don't like him but there's no doubt that he's a perfect 
Slytherin!

There was a choice of 5 Gryffindors - HP ruled out by DD as he had 
enough responsibility to cope with, Neville is (or at least at the 
start of OOP) too timid, Seamus is too quick to jump to (often the 
wrong) conclusions without full posession of the facts, this leaves 
a choice between Ron and Dean.  We don't really know a lot about 
Dean to explain why they chose Ron over him per se, but I don't 
think these two prefect choices were convoluted or forced by JKR.

Karen