Dark Book - Blood and Cruelty/ Draco

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No: HPFGUIDX 177267

Mus:
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> "He was so relieved to have been chosen and not put in Slytherin,
> he hardly noticed that he was getting the loudest cheer yet.  Percy
> the Prefect stood up and shook his hand vigorously, while the
> Weasley twins yelled, 'We got Potter!  We got Potter!'.  Harry sat
> down opposite the ghost in the ruff he'd seen earlier.  The ghost
> patted his arm, giving Harry the sudden, horrible feeling he's just
> plunged it into a bucket of ice-cold water."  [PS, UK pb: 91]

> The cheering is remarked on for few of the sortees - Hannah Abbott
> is cheered by Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor cheers for Lavender Brown,
> but the only other acclaim in canon is for Terry Boot and for Ron,
> who get clapped (no cheering mentioned).  Malfoy is described as
> walking to the Slytherin table, looking pleased with himself - no
> clapping, no cheering (damn right, too <eg>).  No, every student
> doesn't get cheered.
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Amy:

It's not actually written in the books, no, but personally I'm more
inclined to believe that JKR didn't feel like writing "A cheer rose
from the ___ table" every time a student got sorted, than to believe
the students of the Houses decided to choose who to cheer for and
when. There's no reason for the Hufflepuffs to cheer Hannah and not,
for example, Justin Finch-Fletchely.

Mus:
><snip>
> Actually, there's a really interesting little detail in there.
> Harry is relieved that he has been been "chosen and not put in
> Slytherin".  Not "sorted", which is what has actually - to the
> casual observer - been going on.  Others get sorted.  Harry gets
> chosen.

> And what's the opposite of being "chosen" in this charming magical
> world?   Being put in Slytherin.

Or, if we feel like looking at it from a non-subtext-ive POV, being
Squibbed -- Harry was freaking out about being sent home without even
having been Sorted moments before.

Amy