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[Harry Potter] Does Dumbledore have a monopoly on last minute points?

At the end of Harry's first year, Slytherin had won the house cup. Until Dumbledore  stands up and awards Harry and co a load of points for being brave idiots.

Question is, what's to stop Snape standing up and declaring "well, I award Draco Malfoy 11 points for having such an amazing hair do" and turning the whole thing in to a pissing contest?
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[](/raritydress) Some things are just simply not done. Dumbledore himself wouldn't intervene except in a case like *the Dark Lord Voldemort possessing a teacher and trying to murder a student,* and since it was obviously such a special case none of the other teachers felt it worth challenging the Headmaster over.

So technically Snape *could,* but even in the wizarding world a certain level of professionalism is expected. Unless you're Dumbledore and the Dark Lord Voldemort possess a teacher and tries to murder a student.