[HPforGrownups] Re: First potions lesson/Harry getting special treatment

[Kathryn Jones]

No: HPFGUIDX 145933


> Betsy HP wrote: <SNIP>
> "Dumbledore didn't just reward Gryffindor, he punished Slytherin. It
> was an odd choice, and it never sat well with me. (Personally, I
> think he's trying to make up for the Norbert incident, and it does
> win Harry back into Gryffindor's good graces, but at what cost?)"
> Alla wrote: <SNIP>
> "Again, he awarded well deserved points. It may not have sit well
> with Slytherin pride, but the point was made Gryffindor gets special
> tretment here. To me special means undeserved, unless you argue that
> Trio did not deserve those points, I don't see any special treatment
> here. As to why awarding during the Feast. well, why not? They
> behaved like Heroes and IMO School should honor their heroes."

KJ writes:

   I particularly like the first line of this post.  To me, it was in 
very poor taste to allow the Slytherin colours to be displayed as the 
winners prior to the giving of the extra points. Yes, the Trio and 
Neville deserved the points. I don't think anyone has an argument with 
that. I do not understand why it was necessary for Dumbledore to make 
the point that he did, by literally stripping away Slytherin's win and 
giving it to the Gryffs in that manner. In point of fact, I don't know 
what point he was making. I don't think that Dumbledore did things 
thoughtlessly, or without reasons of his own. I also don't think that it 
was meant to be a foolish preference for Gryffindor House. There is no 
doubt that the way that this was done clearly demonstrated preferential 
treatment.