Standing up to bullies WAS: Re: Which Harry Potter character

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 185992

> > Alla:
> > I think the case can be made that he attempted to bully her whole 
> > team and I 
> > think ... she has a right to be insulted. His comments are being
> heard by everybody, it is not like he is on TV and teams do not hear
> him. Here is only one of his comments.
> > 
> > "Well, there they go, and I think we are all surprised  to see 
the 
> > team that Potter's put together this year. Many thought, given
> Ronald Weasley's patchy performance as Keeper last year that he 
might
> be off the team, but of course, a close personal friendship with the
> Captain does help..." - p.295, HBP, paperback.
> 
> Kemper now:
> Zachary's comments were intended to sting, true, but they were 
mostly
> true!  Ron was on the team because of his friendship with Harry.  

Magpie:
And Zach probably thought he was the one standing up against the man 
there! I really don't see what Zach is saying there that doesn't fall 
into the realm of normal commenting on a game. In fact, doesn't Zach 
even help them win the game because he lets Harry know he's missed 
the Snitch? (Did Lee bully the Slytherin team with his commentary?)

Zach's being a rather snarky commentator possibly showing bias, but 
he's not bullying an entire Quidditch team. They're not intimidated, 
just annoyed. Well, Ron is possibly also thrown off his game, but 
Ron's thrown off his game by almost anything. Zach, ironically, 
sounds more like he's resentfully sulking at the people *he* thinks 
have all the power at school--Harry Potter and his friends. And he 
winds up semi-conscious for doing it. It's not the first time he's 
been hexed by FoH, though  none of them ever says they're scared of 
him, just annoyed.

-m