Quidditch is a Clue (IMO) WAS: Locket Horcrux as a Snitch?

[Randy]

No: HPFGUIDX 157664

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eddie" <harryp at ...> wrote:
>
> > Eddie:
> > >> Ever notice that the Locket Horcrux is roughly the size and 
> > shininess of a Snitch? Think Harry's Quidditch skills will come 
> > in handy in defeating Voldemort? <<
> > 
> > AnnR:
> >  
> > Nice thought.  I don't think there is anything in canon to 
suggest 
> > that Voldemort uses a broom.  He usually apparates.  Sport was 
> > never mentioned in his past so far.  Who knows..
> 
> Eddie:
> I wasn't thinking sport... just some kind of most-amazing catch by
> Harry (maybe on a broom) that keeps the locket from Voldy.
> 
> But now that you mention it, it reminds me of the game of chess 
played
> against Death from Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal", parodied so
> perfectly in the movie "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" where they play
> Twister, Battleship, Clue, and electronic footbal against Death.
> 
> So anyway, back to HP canon: Harry used his broom-flying skills to
> defeat the dragon in GoF.  And Quidditch is so intrinsic to Harry's
> skill-set that I'd love to see it become an important factor in the
> final book.
> 
> Eddie
>

Randy Adds a Thought about Quidditch sport.

What if Quidditch is a kind of clue!  I have thought about this for 
a while but not been able to fully define it.

There are 7 players in a Quidditch Team

3 are Chasers
2 are Beaters
1 is a Keeper
1 is a Seeker

There are 7 DADA (one is Potion's teacher so far) teachers

You could say a metaphor for each one may exist (IMO).

3 are Chasers  
(Quirrell chases the Stone, Lockhart chases fame and fortune, Maybe 
Snape chases after recognition (a bit of a stretch I admit)

2 are Beaters (Umbridge and Moody/Crouch)(ie. hurt Harry in lessons)
1 is a Keeper (Slughorn keeps a secret about Horcruxes)
1 is a Seeker  (Lupin seeks acceptance) (IMO)

The Seeker catches the Golden Snitch (Could Pettigrew be the Snitch?)

Does Lupin seek to catch the pesky Snitch Pettigrew again in Book 7)

These are metaphors but the idea of burrying clues into Quidditch is 
still very strong to me.  Maybe I am just reading the clues wrong.

Randy