[HPforGrownups] Re: CHAPTER DISCUSSION PS/SS 11, QUIDDITCH

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 188404

potioncat wrote:
> I fully understand why many readers would think Snape made up the rule; maybe he did, but it would be a silly thing to do to pretend a rule existed that didn't. Besides, we all know that librarians are a little insane when it concerns their books and Madam Pince is one of the worst. I wouldn't be surprised if she did have a rule that her library books cannot go outside. Though I doubt teachers have ever enforced the rule.
>   

Bart:
I'm not a librarian, but I did spend 9 years working in a publishing 
company whose main customer base was libraries, including handling all 
the customer support questions that the regular support people couldn't 
handle. Specifically, I was working on creating online and CD-ROM based 
versions of the reference publications, and the librarians would have a 
fit over the tiniest differences between the online and the print 
versions of the books.

In any case, I find myself mostly in agreement with potioncat. I do 
believe that the no library books outside the school was a rule, 
although I suspect that it was supposed to be a secondary offense; 
something to add on if a book is lost or damaged, or an excuse to tell 
the student to stop. Sevvy's relationship to Harry was colored by the 
fact that everybody thought how great Harry was when he reminded him so 
much of his rival, and that Harry was what cost Lily her life. Having 
Lily's eyes looking back at him probably sent him on a major guilt trip, 
as well, and he blamed Harry for all the bad feelings Harry's presence 
brought to him. So it is not surprising that, when Sevvy sees Harry up 
to no good, rather than say, "Never mind, carry on" he had to find 
SOMETHING to pin on Harry, and latched on the library book.

Bart