From: Natwaf_akidna | #005
Buckbeak... uhh... scratched Malfoy?
... that's actually pretty persuasive.
Also, Buckbeak was the symbol of Harry and Hermione's love... which then led to the ridiculous scene in book 6 where they laughed at the rumor that Harry had a hippogriff tattooed on his chest, which the shippers took as a slap in the face from Rowling. I'm still not sure how to interpret that, the scene just makes zero sense on face, but it's also pretty hard to believe that Rowling deliberately included a shipper reference in the book just to smack them down.
From: metroid composite | #012
Oliver:
"Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She - er - got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about you staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch on it first. Honestly, the way she was yelling at me ... you'd think I'd said something terrible."
Yessssss
Oh right, Oliver tried to keep Harry a secret weapon for his first match.
Oooh, Harry offered his resignation from the Quidditch team, and Oliver refused to accept it, forgot about that.
Oh right, early Quidditch scenes were better--forgot about that. Snape referreeing, and Oliver's outrage. Malfoy buying ridiculously good brooms for the entire Slytherin team, and Oliver's plans for that. Double booked Quidditch pitches where Oliver confronted Beltchy or whatever his name was.
Oliver declines the offer of a rematch from Cedric after Harry falls off his broom from dementors.
Oliver is the one who pushed Harry to learn dementor defence (which led to learning the Patronus charm).
Aw yeah, Oliver ordered Harry to knock Cho Chang off her broom.
Aw yeah, Wood is even more awesome than I remembered. The part where he told Harry to knock Cho Chang off her broom was great. (And sadly, it was the best Harry/Cho moment we ever got... I know that relationship couldn't last, but I was kind of mad she didn't write even one scene where Harry was happy about getting together with her).
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I made a living on time trial blowing myself off to cross the finish line at ludicrous speed. -transience