last minute points was Re: First potions lesson/Harry getting special treatment

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 146035

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...> 
wrote:
>
> Valky wrote:
snip
 Gryffindor lost 150 points that was
> > rightfully earned because Draco deliberately schemed to ensure that
> > they did lose those points. <snip>
> 
> Carol responds:
 He was simply restoring
> the points that Draco had caused Gryffindor to lose. (Then again,
> Draco lost points for Slytherin, too, so maybe it's not quite as fair
> as it seems.)


Potioncat:
I'm going to look at this a slightly different way. Gryffindor lost 150 
points because McGonagall thought they were out of bounds late at night 
and playing a trick on Draco. They were really out of bounds to help 
Hagrid and Norbert. 

I'm going to speculate, that by the time of the feast, (If not sooner) 
DD knows all about the dragon. I think his awarding points for courage 
also counters the points they lost while doing a good deed. Not 
that "Draco caused them to lose points, so I'll repay the kids" but 
rather "The kids lost points while doing a good deed, and I will repay 
them now."  Although the 150 and 10 points were certainly earned. He 
would most likely think they deserved points for helping Hagrid in such 
a courageous way...but certainly could not reward them for it.