And remember, in this world being good at Quidditch in high school pretty much translates into a major professional career (if it isn't already) so yay!
But this actually makes sense. Where else would a kid learn to play Quidditch? There are no amateur teams, IIRC. Moreover there are, what 13 professional teams and unlike the school ones they also sensibly have reserve players. It is a wonder that _everybody_ who ever played at school doesn't end up on a professional team.
In public school stories, which are clearly JKR's inspiration for Quidditch a team captain was usually named by the teacher in charge of the games, but he consulted with the team. OTOH, there was a heck of a lot more games there - every week IIRC, with constant practice games in-between, so all players would have been known inside and out.
Re: clothes, it would actually make sense to me if natural wear of clothes couldn't be wholly repaired with magic. Didn't Ron and Ginny also have to get by with worn clothes once upon a time? After all, "Reparo" just assembles the broken pieces, whereas losses through wear are incremental and for good. I wish she'd have put clear limits on Transfiguration, though, because I never understood why anybody would buy any non-enchanted item otherwise. Personally, I would have made Transfiguration temporary, it's duration depending on the skill of the caster (but usually just a couple of hours) and permanent Transfiguration being so rare, complicated and difficult that it is just easier to buy an item. But that's me.
I also don't see why anybody would want to have dress robes in Hogwarts. It isn't like there are any parties, balls, theater performances, concerts, etc. either in the school itself or in Hogsmeade. It is kind of sad that the only entertainment at school is Quidditch, and in Hogsmeade just some shops and watering holes. I mean, the Muggleborns left and now spit on the mundane world for _this_? Yes, that's some superiority there alright...
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Date: 2008-09-05 08:45 pm (UTC)But this actually makes sense. Where else would a kid learn to play Quidditch? There are no amateur teams, IIRC. Moreover there are, what 13 professional teams and unlike the school ones they also sensibly have reserve players. It is a wonder that _everybody_ who ever played at school doesn't end up on a professional team.
In public school stories, which are clearly JKR's inspiration for Quidditch a team captain was usually named by the teacher in charge of the games, but he consulted with the team. OTOH, there was a heck of a lot more games there - every week IIRC, with constant practice games in-between, so all players would have been known inside and out.
Re: clothes, it would actually make sense to me if natural wear of clothes couldn't be wholly repaired with magic. Didn't Ron and Ginny also have to get by with worn clothes once upon a time? After all, "Reparo" just assembles the broken pieces, whereas losses through wear are incremental and for good. I wish she'd have put clear limits on Transfiguration, though, because I never understood why anybody would buy any non-enchanted item otherwise. Personally, I would have made Transfiguration temporary, it's duration depending on the skill of the caster (but usually just a couple of hours) and permanent Transfiguration being so rare, complicated and difficult that it is just easier to buy an item. But that's me.
I also don't see why anybody would want to have dress robes in Hogwarts. It isn't like there are any parties, balls, theater performances, concerts, etc. either in the school itself or in Hogsmeade. It is kind of sad that the only entertainment at school is Quidditch, and in Hogsmeade just some shops and watering holes. I mean, the Muggleborns left and now spit on the mundane world for _this_? Yes, that's some superiority there alright...