Came up with these a long time ago, but am only now posting them for fun…
1. Ron’s coming back to Hogwar’s was not in question at the time the decisions were most likely made
2. Like Harry needs one more reason to be in the spotlight somewhere
3. With the Daily Prophet spreading the rubbish about Harry he would make a poor choice for prefect because the students needed to be able to feel they can trust their prefects
4. With the Daily Prophet spreading rubbish about Harry, parents would have been more miffed and possibly yanked their children out of the school had they heard Harry had been chosen as prefect
5. Ron needs the chance to shine and Harry needs the life lesson that everything is not all about him. He can’t be top at everything and he can’t always be the center of attention
6. Ron’s got a stunning familial history of prefects that do well so hopefully he will be much the same.
7. Ron as prefect as opposed to one of the other boys is that Dumbledore is assured that at least one (well two counting Hermoine) of his prefects KNOWS and BELIEVES about the dangers facing the students.
8. From a literary perspective she needs to give glory to others. It becomes unbelievable when one character gets everything. Then you end up with Forrest Gump. HAHA We definately don’t want THAT!
9. Harry is thought of as “Dumbledore’s boy” which means people would think that it was favoritism and also people would not feel comfortable knowing how close he is to Dumbledore.
OK… things that should NOT be in a kid’s book…
“We’re not going to use magic in class?!” Ron ejaculated.
He ejaculated? And of course after this the teacher tells him she wants classmates to sit with their hands on their desks. Gee I wonder why!
And after discovering that all the purebloods are inbred, next time Malfoy told me I was just a mudblood and therefore lower than dirt, I’d say “At least my parents aren’t cousins you inbred freak!” if I were Hermoine!
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velvetcat said:
I couldn’t understand Dumbledore’s reasons for not choosing Ron. One reason that did come to mind was that it could be another way for JKR to demonstrate, as we’d discussed in JU, how life isn’t fair, at least from Ron’s pov here.
Harry gets everything, attention and now prefect. argh! That’s a lot for a friend to endure.
Or is Dumbledore playing favourites? I find that entirely possible!
But that could be b/c Harry doesn’t have the family support that Ron has, maybe he knew Harry needed the encouragement.
I can remember times when our entire class went into fits over a word in a story or poem as kids. Remember in Astronomy class when Ron said something like, Can I see Uranus, too? LOL That rang so true. So typical. I laughed.
I must find the url – someone made a list of innuendos in HP.
Great list! Gives me a lot to think about!
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Lady Ozma said:
I totally was happy to see Harry not get something for a change
I’m sorry, yes his first 11 years sucked, but now he gets everything. It just is not right. He needs to see that not everything is going to be handed him on a silver plate! I think Ron was a much better choice. Frankly though I don’t think either of them deserved it since they are total slackers at school! HAHA But Ron definately deserved it more. He deserves to get something, plus he has had several prefect brothers. I think the responsibility will do him good though! Make him grow up a little! Plus give him something to be proud of!
You know, astronomers have changed the pronunciation of Uranus? It is now pronounced “Your-in-isss” Go ahead say it… not much better, eh? HAHA
But yea I remember laughing at stuff in school. So Beavis and Butthead… haha But I’m sorry ! Ejaculated? Seriously wrong choice of word! And then to follow it up with *bad word here* woman telling them they must keep their hands on their desk where she could see them… yeah… bad dirty thoughts in my mind! HAHA
oooh, do find the innuendo url… because I want to see what else there is! Though you definately can’t get any worse than Ron ejaculating and then being told to keep his hands above his desk! ROFL
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velvetcat said:
Re: I totally was happy to see Harry not get something for a change
Actually, yeah, neither deserve prefect! Those boys break rules. lol
I do trust Dumbledore’s judgement, however, and maybe there are unforseen reasons for his choice. I’m sure Ron would have done his best, though.
When I think about it, Harry doesn’t always get everything, he didn’t get the girl. And he’s lost so very much. Family is everything in the end. Impossible to fill that void or replace, so, I cut him slack, maybe because I can empathise.
anyway…I will definitely look for that url for you, it’s hilarious….I know it’s here somwhere… lol
your-in-isss. ack now that sounds strange hee
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Lady Ozma said:
Re: I totally was happy to see Harry not get something for a change
Yeah it basically sounds like “Urine-is” But the s is a soft s. like in the word soft.
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