James as head boy (Re: Voldemort's Intentions & Snape's Expectations (Hagrid))

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 189890

Potioncat:
> <snip> Most of us thought it was odd that Head Boy James
hadn't been a prefect, but we thought there was a reason. Many
of us have discussed James' unorthodox advancement —especially
given his reputation as a trouble maker and the events we saw
through Snape's memory and Lily's comments. Some of us thought
James had matured so much that DD thought he was up to the
responsibility of Head Boy and the best candidate. Others
thought it was a reward for his past actions. Some thought it
was an example of DD's favoritism toward Gryffindor. Almost
everyone thought it fueled the fire of the Snape/Potter feud.

Here's my question. Given Geoff's information, do you now
consider Head Boy itself to be a flint and no longer relevant
to the story—that is, James was not a Head Boy? Or do you
consider it canon anyway, and James was a Head Boy. Does this
change your perception of events? <


June:
I really don't think that considering the fact that James and
Lily were head boy was only mentioned once that it is really
relevant to the story but just an interesting subject of
discussion. Personally I think the story I had submitted earlier
was a good example of what could have happened to cause
Dumbledore to appoint James to the position and believe that
rather than it being an error on the part of JKR that we should
look at it as an exception to the rule. But as for it being
important, no, it was just Hagrid explaining Harry's parents to
him.