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Hardly the most important thing in the chapter, but I was delighted to see a moratorium on house points.
I wonder if this will somehow play into Quirrell's plot to have both Ravenclaw and Slytherin win the house cup.
Yes, obviously. Even in the unlikely event this wasn't all planned by Quirrell with his talk of unity, and role in the Hermione Affair, it is now really easy for him to accomplish this goal.
I think the moratorium on house point is one of the most important details this chapter. I'd been wondering for a long time how QQ would have both Slytherin and Ravenclaw win the house cup. The points lock seems to be a way to make that happen.
The reason that's so important is that it means this is part of the plan. Harry, Draco and the rest are all in place playing their assigned roles. If they had gone off script, then they wouldn't be advancing QQ's scheme.
I'm just imagining the professors' frustration: "Well done, <student>, and five points for AAAAGHHH CURSE YOU HARRY!"
A clear win for the Quirrel Points system.
I thought Rowling was actually moving toward something of the kind, questioning the house system and bringing back together the houses under one roof in the persons of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville.
All of whom were Gryffindor. JKR definitely had some issues of inappropriate focus in her stories, didn't she?