The lack of consequences for this whole Montague thing really bugs me. It's just so weird that it was even brought up if it wasn't going to go anywhere. I'm not inherently bothered by them deciding to do nothing to help him, because they could get in trouble and would obviously be concerned about this. But the thing is, there are supposed to be consequences for this sort of thing in this sort of book. Deciding to ignore the plight of someone like Montague just isn't supposed to go well for the sort of hero Harry is supposed to be. It should have come back to bite him in the ass.
*My confession, which I hinted at earlier, is that when I read this book the first time I assumed Gryffindor lost the cup, but that Ron himself had proved himself so well they congratulated him. I know it’s silly given that Ron literally says they won the cup, but I somehow thought they hadn't, I guess because in my mind, according to the story logic, the Quidditch cup should have backed up the Sorting Hat and proved that the personal, petty fighting between Gryffindor and Slytherin kept them both from succeeding so that Hufflepuff won.
LOL, now I'm imagining a talking Quidditch Cup telling them that Hufflepuff is the winner, points or no points, and giving them all a lecture on good sportsmanship. Also, the Sorting Hat deserves a better universe than the one it got. It went against its very nature and decried its own existence in an attempt to help. It's probably so sad to see how everything came out.
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Date: 2008-05-16 05:46 pm (UTC)*My confession, which I hinted at earlier, is that when I read this book the first time I assumed Gryffindor lost the cup, but that Ron himself had proved himself so well they congratulated him. I know it’s silly given that Ron literally says they won the cup, but I somehow thought they hadn't, I guess because in my mind, according to the story logic, the Quidditch cup should have backed up the Sorting Hat and proved that the personal, petty fighting between Gryffindor and Slytherin kept them both from succeeding so that Hufflepuff won.
LOL, now I'm imagining a talking Quidditch Cup telling them that Hufflepuff is the winner, points or no points, and giving them all a lecture on good sportsmanship. Also, the Sorting Hat deserves a better universe than the one it got. It went against its very nature and decried its own existence in an attempt to help. It's probably so sad to see how everything came out.