To be completely honest, I do agree with this to some degree. I think Gryffindor deserved that House Cup because its members all learned very important lessons their first year and they did save the school, after all, but… this doesn’t sit right with me. I always cheer when they win because I do want them to, but it’s one of those rare moments in the books where Jo seems to show that doing good needs to be rewarded in some way. I love how the scene is written, I just always wish that they hadn’t told Slytherin (or us) they’d won in the first place. Then nothing about this would bother me in the slightest. Regardless, the way she wrote everything had a reason, and I’m 110% accepting of that.
But she never did write that the Slytherins have already won, she just described to us how the Great Hall was decorated during the time of the year-end feast. I imagined that it just so happens that other professors already “set-up” the place before Dumbledore could’ve mentioned it to them that he’d be awarding points to the Trio and Neville. Or a better idea would be that by ~~magic~~, at exactly (insert time before the feast), the Great Hall will bear the colors of the house who has the most number of points in their hourglass. Besides, he needed to explain first to the whole school and us readers why Gryffindor wins. Giving the three 50 points while only giving Neville 10 was the one that showed more bias, in my opinion.
Which brings me to my second point. As much as I agree that not all good deeds should be rewarded in such a grand scale, I believe this is one of the many instances that you actually can. As many (and even you) already pointed out, they stopped Voldemort and saved the school. That’s not something you come across everyday. It’s not like Harry, Ron and Hermione just accidentally found a Galleon and decided to give it back to Dumbles coz, you know, someone might own it. But I do believe in giving fair/equal rewards to everyone involved which to me, Neville was a part of. So if it were me, I would’ve given 50 points as well to Neville or would’ve given the three only 10 points each as well or ya know, any random number for as long as they all receive the same amount of points.. :)
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