For a moment, Theodore tried to imagine having a sister who didn’t care a fig for quidditch. God, what would they talk about then?
No, this was better. This was good. Cee could go ahead and make all the decisions for the Cannons’ future if she liked; it sounded like she cared about their future more than he did, these days. People in society would whisper about them either way; if Theo made all the decisions by himself, they’d still blame him for being a young idiot, and it’d worse if he had no one to talk to.
“Mmhmm,” he agreed, giving her her point about the style being useful for chasers sometimes. The Moroccans (and the French) had style, see, whereas some players in the British league were almost too well-drilled together, too much of a team - which could, occasionally, make things almost boring to watch. A star chaser would liven things up at least.
“Come on, you know they are,” Theo added, on the matter of referees. “They might let Falmouth get away with murder,” - a bit of an exaggeration, but Falmouth committed so many fouls it sometimes felt like the referees just gave up trying to rein them in halfway through the game - “but they also like pinning fouls on easy targets.” A foreign player would be just that sort of scapegoat.
He wasn’t entirely opposed, though. The Cannons were still lacking in something, as a team.
No, this was better. This was good. Cee could go ahead and make all the decisions for the Cannons’ future if she liked; it sounded like she cared about their future more than he did, these days. People in society would whisper about them either way; if Theo made all the decisions by himself, they’d still blame him for being a young idiot, and it’d worse if he had no one to talk to.
“Mmhmm,” he agreed, giving her her point about the style being useful for chasers sometimes. The Moroccans (and the French) had style, see, whereas some players in the British league were almost too well-drilled together, too much of a team - which could, occasionally, make things almost boring to watch. A star chaser would liven things up at least.
“Come on, you know they are,” Theo added, on the matter of referees. “They might let Falmouth get away with murder,” - a bit of an exaggeration, but Falmouth committed so many fouls it sometimes felt like the referees just gave up trying to rein them in halfway through the game - “but they also like pinning fouls on easy targets.” A foreign player would be just that sort of scapegoat.
He wasn’t entirely opposed, though. The Cannons were still lacking in something, as a team.
