Quidditch for Harry in HBP?

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 126722


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "A.J." <ajhuflpuf at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, -p <captivity at g...> wrote:
> > -I have a nagging suspiscion that JKR may keep Harry off the 
> > Quidditch pitch for good.
> > 
> > Just because Umbridge has been discredited doesn't mean everything 
> > is hunky-dory does it? What if Harry's school Quidditch days are 
> > over?
> 
> The interesting thing is that at the end of OOTP, Harry is 
> contemplating his fate and the seriousness of the war to come and so 
> forth, and notes that the other students are worried about Quidditch 
> and other 'rubbish.'
> 
> A.J.

That is very true, A.J.  Nevertheless, I have a strong suspicion that 
we will see Harry on the Quidditch Pitch again.  Recreation is even 
more important in war than in peace, and I can't imagine Hogwarts 
shutting down one of the chief means of diversion, although I suppose 
I could see Quidditch being restructured to lesson the aspect of house 
rivalry (i.e. volunteer teams or the like).  Similarly, I can't 
imagine the lifetime ban being enforced against Harry.  

But as you say, Harry hardly seems in a Quidditch mood at the end of 
OOTP, does he?  I suspect we will see several factors combine to bring 
Harry back to the pitch.  Especially, I can imagine pressures from his 
friends to play, as it is the one reliable source of recreation 
available to him (not to mention that they, and McGonnogal, will play 
on the House Loyalty theme).  I can even imagine him being ordered to 
play by Dumbledore.  After all, going from the Boy who Lived to the 
Boy who Sank into a Longlasting Funk isn't wouldn't do anybody any 
good.

Lupinlore