Quidditch for Harry in HBP?

[Andromeda]

No: HPFGUIDX 126761


 
> I'm not a fan of the Quidditch sequences generally, but I'm quite
> certain that Quidditch will continue, because it is part of the
> structure of the books.  Like the seven obstacles to the 
Philosopher's
> Stone in PS/SS, which appear to foreshadow the climax of each book,
> the Quidditch sequences in each book also foreshadows its climax.
> 
> In OOP, Harry's anger and lack of control caused him to go after 
Draco
> (I think it was Draco; I don't have the books with me right now) 
which
> cost him his position on the team.  Later on, Harry's anger and
> unwillingness to attempt to control his visions of the DoM led to 
the
> near-debacle there.  His Keeper and substitute Seeker saved the
> Quidditch Cup (after the Keeper's mistakes nearly lost it for the
> Gryffs), and his real-life keeper, after making some mistakes of 
his
> own in OOP (like letting Snape teach Occlumency to Harry), arrived 
at
> the DoM in time to stave off further tragedy, while his #1 real-
life
> chaser (and temporary captain, perhaps), Hermione, was busy
> maneuvering Harry (e.g., pushing him to start the DA, the Rita 
Skeeter
> interview).
> 
> In HBP, I fully expect to see Harry back at Seeker, Ginny winning a
> Chaser position (which, as she says, is more suited to her), and 
Ron
> back at Keeper.  But I doubt the outcome will be just another
> Quidditch Cup with Gryffindor's name on it; there will be a twist, 
and
> it will be something unexpected.
> 
> That's the nutshell analysis; the full, pre-OOP version is here:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/48192
> And the post-OOP update is here:
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/88055
> 
> Debbie
> who thought the Quidditch scenes were boring until making this 
connection

Andromeda now:
Debbie, I loved your posts; I had missed those.  I especially loved 
your pre-Oop(anti-)prediction of Ron as Keeper based on the 
potentially self-sacrificing nature of the position (seemed too 
obvious at the time?). I know a lot of people have made the chess 
game /Ron/ self-sacrifice connection; this makes an interesting 
addition. What is Ron going to have to do to save Harry in the end? 
He certainly didn't save him in Oop.

Also, Harry as captain of Quidditch mirroring his eventual 
captaining of the war against Voldemort (post-Dumbledore?).  We 
definitely may still see it happen.  I think Quidditch will be back, 
both for the lovely metaphor you've outlined, but also because it is 
the thing that makes poor Harry the happiest. I agree with the 
person (just a day or two ago, sorry!) who said they were surprised 
Harry never thought about a professional Quidditch career, since it 
was clearly where his skills and interests lay, outside of surviving 
Voldemort!  Maybe a sport will seem trivial in the aftermath of the 
revelations of Oop, but I think Harry will need both the distraction 
from real life and the lessons for real life Quidditch offers.

  Like you, I've never been a huge Quidditch fan, so I at first 
hoped maybe it would drop out. But I was also surprised to discover 
that the Quidditch sequences were favorites of my (young) 
daughter... so there may be an age thing there, although that 
shouldn't apply to the later books, since they are clearly not aimed 
at young children the way the early books were.  In any case, thanks 
for your very well thought out ideas.

-Andromeda