Chapter Fifteen: The Quidditch Final
In chapter fifteen of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Hermione slaps Malfoy, our trio is reunited, and Oliver Wood achieves his lifelong dream.
(Please be advised that this is a reread and I will be discussing book and movie spoilers.)
Our trio finally pulls themselves together and stop bickering over stupid things, united in their concern for Hagrid after Buckbeak loses his trial, and it’s about dang time.
Malfoy’s lurking around like the pathetic hate filled stalker he often is and makes fun of Hagrid for crying, and just when we, the reader can’t take this buffoonery from him anymore, Hermione does us all a solid and smacks the shit out of him.
And she doesn’t stop there! Hermione makes to smack him again and Ron has to stop her
and then Hermione makes to pull her wand on Malfoy and Malfoy N’ Trolls run off without any retaliation, and I’m sorry, what?! Who is this platinum haired boy and what has he done with Malfoy? Since when is D-Malfs ever the bigger person? Since when has he let someone get away with something like this?! It’s so weird part of me thinks the crackpot theories about Malfoy having a weird crush on Hermione might have some merit.
Anyway, Hermione’s so riled up after her bitchslap that she forgets to go Charms, falls asleep, and tells Trelawney she’s overplaying the Grim card way, way too hard. Trelawney doesn’t take this well, insults Hermione for a bit
and our girl Hermz storms out of class like a boss. Hermione goes through a number of important character growth moments this chapter that resonate throughout the series.
The biggest Quidditch match is approaching, and Wood is being such a spaz I weep afresh at the comedy we were deprived of in the movies. Just picture a montage of increasingly inappropriate places with this:
“So you must catch it only if we’re more than fifty points up,” Wood told Harry constantly. “Only if we’re more than fifty points up, Harry, or we win the match but lose the Cup. You’ve got that, haven’t you? You must catch the Snitch only if we’re–“
“I KNOW, OLIVER!” Harry yelled.
If they ever do remake the movies, they better do this! I want Oliver Wood stalking Harry into a bathroom reminding him not to catch the snitch just yet, dammit!
This chapter is amazing, and I love it, even if Quidditch isn’t that popular with a lot of readers, it is with me.
The most entertaining Quidditch match of the books commences with some classic highly biased Lee Jordan commentary, Slytherin brutality and cheating, Gryffindor players kicking ass, and McGonagall getting pissed:
“YOU CHEATING SCUM!” Lee Jordan was howling into the megaphone, dancing out of Professor McGonagall’s reach. “YOU FILTHY, CHEATING B —” Professor McGonagall didn’t even bother to tell him off. She was actually shaking her finger in Malfoy’s direction, her hat had fallen off, and she too was shouting furiously.”
Malfoy almost catches the snitch but Harry gets there first, wins the match, the Quididtch cup, and most importantly the undying, eternal love of Oliver Wood.
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Since when is D-Malfs ever the bigger person? Since when has he let someone get away with something like this?
He is not being the bigger person. He is being the scared-er person. It is probably not a good idea to infuriate the best student at a school for magic.
True, but he definitely tries to anger her on many other occasions! I guess he realizes she’s snapped at this point?