I’m more concerned about how other roles in Quidditch are basically fighting for like 30 minutes while having no practical impact to the result of the game
It’s been a while since I read them, but iirc, catching the snitch ends the games and gives a shitload of points to the catcher’s team, but it doesn’t automatically win the game if the opposing team is more points ahead than the team that gets the snitch. I think i’ the books there are a few matches in which Harry can’t catch the snitch but needs to keep the other team’s catcher from catching it. Tho the amount of points the snitch gives is too high for it to occur often.
IIRC Joanne stated in interviews that she intentionally made the game beyond uselessly broken on purpose, to spite football fans or whatever. She is, very fundamentally to her person, a spiteful bitch.
Further proof to the stupidity of this: in the recent video game, ya can’t even play quidditch. The feature doesn’t exist, because the game would be literally unplayable.
I’m more concerned about how other roles in Quidditch are basically fighting for like 30 minutes while having no practical impact to the result of the game
It’s been a while since I read them, but iirc, catching the snitch ends the games and gives a shitload of points to the catcher’s team, but it doesn’t automatically win the game if the opposing team is more points ahead than the team that gets the snitch. I think i’ the books there are a few matches in which Harry can’t catch the snitch but needs to keep the other team’s catcher from catching it. Tho the amount of points the snitch gives is too high for it to occur often.
The quidditch world cup in book 4 happened this way. The Irish won by points but they did not catch the snitch.
And notably, the odds for this happening were extremely low, because the vast majority of the time the team that catches the snitch wins
IIRC Joanne stated in interviews that she intentionally made the game beyond uselessly broken on purpose, to spite football fans or whatever. She is, very fundamentally to her person, a spiteful bitch.
Further proof to the stupidity of this: in the recent video game, ya can’t even play quidditch. The feature doesn’t exist, because the game would be literally unplayable.