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"One end of the stadium was solid red and gold; the other, a sea of green and silver. Many Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws had taken sides too: Amidst all the yelling and clapping Harry could distinctly hear the roar of Luna Lovegood's famous lion-topped hat."
Point one: "many" Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws, not all. "
Just to digress OT for a second: this is a point that I have always had trouble with since reading it the first time in the series. Considering that there were only around ten children per year multiplied by seven maximum at Hogwarts, then Gryffindor and Slytherin had only about 140 children between them. Hardly "a sea" as Rowling described! A mob of seventy kids at one end and seventy kids at the other does not a sea make, imo! And that's not taking into account the however-many-there-were that make up a Quidditch team, and so were not in the stands.
Alison
Point one: "many" Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws, not all. "
Just to digress OT for a second: this is a point that I have always had trouble with since reading it the first time in the series. Considering that there were only around ten children per year multiplied by seven maximum at Hogwarts, then Gryffindor and Slytherin had only about 140 children between them. Hardly "a sea" as Rowling described! A mob of seventy kids at one end and seventy kids at the other does not a sea make, imo! And that's not taking into account the however-many-there-were that make up a Quidditch team, and so were not in the stands.
Alison