Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 15: The Quidditch Final

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> 1.  Hermione misses Charms and is found asleep over her Arithmancy book.  Later, she is described as having bags under her eyes like Lupin.  Did you think she was just overdoing it, as Harry suggests, or did you think magic was involved?
Potioncat:
I thought (and think) she was overdoing it. But I knew something more than just work was going on. Trouble is, the first reads of the books were usually done at breakneck speed—eager to beat any spoilers and unable to stop to think about what was going on because these books are jinxed and you can't put them done once you open them.

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> 2.  Which house has been winning the Quidditch cup?  Do you think it was one house more than any other or that the other three houses each had their share of winning seasons?
Potioncat:
I thought it was Slytherin, but now that I think about it, Slytherin held the House Cup for seven years. Or do I have that wrong too? Oy, I'm starting to feel like Professor Binns.  I did think Slytherin had won the cup since Gryffindor lost it 6 years ago. But Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff are shown as competitive teams—not push overs—so it wouldn't really make sense for only Gryffindor and Slytherin to ever win the cup. I would like to think it was won by each of them over the past 6—7 years.

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> 3.  Why were Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff rooting for Gryffindor?
Potioncat:
Because Slytherin was the team to beat. I don't think it had anything to do with Slytherin House per se. Just that the other Houses to win by Slytherin losing. (a chance at the House Cup, maybe?)
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> 4.  Lee Jordan's commentary earns him a warning for bias.  Other than the most blatant examples, do you think Lee Jordan's commentary was fair, or was it biased all through the game?
Potioncat:
I don't suppose it was any more biased than Michael Smith's.---good thing for Lee, he never upset  anyone like Ginny.
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> 5.  In our world, imitation or correspondence can be considered "sympathetic magic."  During the Gryffindor/Slytherin match, three-quarters of the houses wear Gryffindor scarlet while one quarter of the houses wear Slytherin green.  Do you think there is a similar folk belief in sympathetic magic in the Potterverse?  If so, could the wearing of the team colors have helped Gryffindor win?

Potioncat:
I'm sure it did—though not by magic. Yet---it's the only time we see Snape in anything other than black.  
 
> 6.  Add your own question here.
So—does Snape always wear black, or is it that he is always seen in his teacher's robes? 

Thanks, Ceridwin for a great discussion.