Quidditch for Harry in HBP? Alternate View.

[elady25]

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> Certainly, I don't have a strong foundation to build this on, but the
> recent changes to the team point to new Chasers and marginal Beaters
> being the weak links. So, when I look at the available players, my
> first objective is to fix those two problems. Also, remember that in
> the first book Oliver Wood comments that Harry would make a good
> Beater, and the narrative comments that Seamus considers himself a
> good and experienced flyer. So, I do see some hints pointing in this
> direction, though I must admit that they are weak.
> 
> None the less, in a few months we shall see if my prediction was 
right.
> 
> Steve/bboyminn

imamommy:
This probably makes no sense, but what if somehow Hermione wound up 
playing Quidditch?  I know, she doesn't give the quills off a knarl 
what happens in the inter-house competition, and as far as we know she 
hasn't ridden a broom since first year, but just what if...  What 
position would she play, and would she be good or terrible?  It would 
certainly take her out of her comfort zone.  

Maybe what will happen with Quidditch this year is what I keep waiting 
for:  Pro scouts coming to see Harry.  Even in first year, IIRC, he's 
considered better than Charlie Weasley, who could have gone on to play 
for England.  I can't believe he's never, ever thought seriously about 
professional quidditch.  I don't know that he'd ever choose that path 
("if he survives," that is)  but it seems like something so obvious to 
have considered.  Scouts would provide perhaps a necessary 
complication to playing the game, especially if we add in all the 
usual falling off the broom, bludgers gone psycho, attacks by 
dementors, and other crazy things that generally happen when we see 
Hary play quidditch.  

Anyway, I hope there is quidditch in the book because, sadly, we don't 
have W-ESPN :(

imamommy