Quidditch for Harry in HBP?

[Kasey Baker]

No: HPFGUIDX 126719



  --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:
  > 
  > Karen: there
  > was certainly no professional sport played in Britain during WW II -
  apart from anything else, all the professional sportsmen were
  > fighting in the war. As certain of the older Hogswarts students
  > will be doing so too in some capacity or other, I wouldn't be at all
  > surprised if Quidditch was one of the first casuaties.
  > 
  > Vivian: I doubt it. JKR has already made several references regarding 
  > Quidditch in the next book. One that comes to mind is that there will 
  > be a new captain and that he/she might not want Ron on the team. 
  > Also, the character of Ginny has already told Harry that when 
  > Umbridge gets kicked out of school he'll be able to play on the team 
  > again. Ginny also makes it known that she wants to play Chaser in 
  > sixth year. 


  Jim Ferer said: Well, Ginny doesn't know that there will be Quidditch or not, she just
  assumes there will be, but I agree with you we'll have Quidditch.  For
  one thing, it's really important to give the kids, especially Harry,
  as normal a school experience as possible. Nothing should be cut
  unless it has to be.

  kitten:  I agree... Ginny wouldn't know one way the other... but I think she's right, and its going to stay... we have quotes from JKR that suggest it is... Saying that, I wouldn't mind seeing Quidditch gone from the next two books... I think Quidditch was really fun and interesting in the first couple of books, but reading the fifth... it got really old really fast... you knew who was going to catch the snitch and so, consequently, you knew who was going to win the match... I mean... even without Harry playing, they still won!!... IMHO Quidditch is fast becoming dull, a waste of perfectly good page time... the only reason I would find it interesting again is to see another team, preferably Hufflepuff, give Gryffindor the Whoopin' they so richly deserve. -g-

  Jim Ferer: I bet JKR's statement that next year's captain may not want Ron on the
  team is a red herring.  

  kitten.... Yes, it would be a funny red Herring, if Ron becomes Captain. The one person who wanted Ron off the team during the fifth book was Ron himself... LOL... Honesly... I don't really care if Harry or Ron is Quidditch captain in the next book... either way, they both deserve it...

  Jim Ferer: the captain's likely to be Harry, or Ginny, or
  Ron.

  kitten:  Oh no!!! NOT GINNY!!! she has been playing for the team for how long?... don't get me wrong, I love her, even with her "sudden" appearance in the fifth book... but I would most definitely cry Mary-sue if she ends up Quidditch captain, with only playing for half a season... and having other people who have played on the team longer and have much more leadership skills then she has been shown to have. It would be horribly written... almost on a fanfic level. Personally I think its down to... Harry, Ron, and, (if she is returning) Katie Bell... I don't see Ginny being in the running at all... just my two knuts. 

  kitten... 









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