Dark Book - Blood and Cruelty/ Draco

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 177259

---  Sharon Hayes <s.hayes at ...> wrote:

> Sharon:
> This is so interesting! When Fred and George tried to
> put their name in the cup, everyone was cheering. So 
> why was it that when Harry appeared to have gotten 
> over the age line and had been chosen, that everyone 
> was so mad at him? ...

bboyminn:

There is a big difference between putting your name IN
and having it come out. The Twins were a few weeks 
short of being 'of age' and Harry was several years too
young to be considered.

Further, the Hogwarts Champion, Cedric Diggory, had 
already been picked. Harry's name could not and should
not have come out of the Hat at all; technically it 
should have been impossible. That certainly raises 
question regarding how Harry could manage what all
assumed couldn't be done. Plus by allegedly entering
his name in a way that created a Fourth Champion, 
Harry was stealing glory from Hufflepuff and Cedric
whom everyone would view as the rightful champion.

So, it is not as simply as Harry's name coming out.
If Harry's name had come out INSTEAD of Cedric,
people would have been disappointed and curious, but
I think they would have accepted things. And while
we are at it, notice that Gryffindors were not all
that pleased at Cedric being the Hogwarts Champion.
They viewed him as a useless 'pretty boy'. 

But the fact that Harry's name came out as the fourth
impossible champion implies extreme magical skills on
Harry's part. Because of this, I think there was an
element of fear involved in people's negative reaction.

So, we have a complex combination of events and 
emotions behind the general rejection of Harry as
a Champion.

Steve/bboyminn