![]() Outside of Japan, the practice is considered a waste of useful hardwood which also makes the Japanese look like sore losers. Deliberate Values Dissonance: In-Universe Japanese players have a seppuku-like custom of destroying the broom after a loss, as a way for the player to regain honor.Clue, Evidence, and a Smoking Gun: A magical historian is quoted on the discovery of ancient lead Bludgers, which are distinguished from Muggle cannonballs by their perfectly symmetrical construction, marks left by Beaters' bats, and "the fact that each and every one of them whizzed around my study and attempted to knock me to the floor when released from its case.".The game itself is illegal today due to massive casualty rates, though there's evidence that it may have inspired the Bludgers of Quidditch, flying iron balls that attack players indiscriminately. Blood Sport: Creaothceann, an ancient Scottish broom game, involved players catching plummeting rocks with cauldrons strapped to their heads.Blood Knight: The Falmouth Falcons' motto is "Let us win, but if we cannot win, let us break a few heads." The reputation of their Beaters for, let's say, enthusiastic play bears this out.After eighty years of mediocrity, their motto even got changed from "We shall conquer" to " Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best." but the last time they did so was in 1892. They've won the league championship 21 times. Badass Decay: In-Universe, the Chudley Cannons.An Axe to Grind: Apparently happened at one point, hence why it's banned in the official rules list.The Moutohora Macaws go the extra step further by modeling their uniforms like their namesake, a scarlet macaw. Animal Motif: Many different professional Quidditch teams have animals for mascots and often take colors associated with them.In Asia, Quidditch is only slowly gaining appeal because Asian wizards have traditionally preferred flying carpets to flying broomsticks.(Ironically, one of the strongest American Quidditch teams, the Sweetwater All-Stars, comes from a region where American football is overwhelmingly the sport of choice in Real Life.) Quidditch is less popular in America in comparison to Quodpot, a sort of hot-potato game involving a Quaffle that has been tampered with and explodes - probably a joke on Americans who prefer American football to soccer and are obsessed with Stuff Blowing Up.There's no mention as to whether he changed his mind after she cold-cocked him or not. Amazon Chaser: After the all-female Holyhead Harpies defeated his Heidelberg Harriers, team Captain Rudolf Brand proposed to his opposite, Gwendolyn Morgan, right there on the pitch.Amazon Brigade: The Holyhead Harpies are the only all-female Quidditch team.that were never mentioned in the main book series. All There in the Manual: This is the manual, revealing many details about Quidditch history, teams etc. ![]() In October 2020, an illustrated edition of the book was released with art by Emily Gravett. Quidditch Through the Ages was re-released in 2018 as an audiobook containing additional material from the Pottermore website, most significantly an account of the 2014 Quidditch World Cup in the form of newspaper articles by Ginny Potter the final match is portrayed through live commentary from Ginny and Rita Skeeter. Published in 2001, it is Exactly What It Says on the Tin, describing the long history and current state of the wizarding sport of Quidditch, and including information about Flying Broomsticks and other sports played on them.Īlbus Dumbledore's introduction claims that it is a duplicate of the copy kept in the Hogwarts library and describes how Madam Pince was reluctant to let it be made available to Muggles.Ī companion piece to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and followed by The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Quidditch Through the Ages is a book mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which was later Defictionalized as a real book by J.
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