Chapter Discussion: Chapter Twelve, Goblet of Fire: The Triwizard To

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 192129

> > Ceridwen:
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> 2) Nearly Headless Nick agrees with Slytherin's ghost, the Bloody Baron, that Peeves should not be allowed at the feast. Did you think this indicated a later union, or at least cooperation, between Gryffindor and Slytherin? 


> Barbara:
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> I'm not sure about a later union but personally, I felt that NHN agreed with the Bloody Baron for 2 reasons.
> First, I seems that BB was a sort of "leader" of the ghosts, one they respected and feared.  So agreeing with him certainly would put NHN in his good graces.
> But NHN faced his own prejudice by the Headless group.  He was a sort of outcast and perhaps this was a way for him to show his own prejudice.  "Nyah, Nyah, I'm better than you are."  

Ceridwen:

I hadn't thought of that angle.  Puts Nick in an understandable, but not too laudable, light.