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

[Shelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 189902


> Shelley:
>   Hagrid's goof, if it was that, simply
>> could have been the mistake that the "real head boy" was someone that
>> people barely remembered, he left that little of a mark in people's
>> minds.
> Pippin:
> If James was a sort of de-facto head boy, it kind of undermines the argument that he wouldn't have been suited for it.
>
> Pippin
Shelley:
Not at all! A real head boy would have meetings to attend, corridors to 
patrol, etc. Specific responsibility related to duties. A de-facto head 
boy would be more of the person that everyone looks to for leadership- 
for attitude about Voldemort and how should we proceed from here, the 
person that everyone went to if they had questions or needed advice. 
James, if he wasn't head boy, wouldn't be patrolling a corridor in the 
evening, instead, he would be sitting in the common room setting an 
example there.