I was trying to be a smart ass . Clearly I wasn ' t as funny as I thought I was before my coffee . <| sep |> Yeah , that ' s true which is also , I think , the reason why they didn ' t take the triwizard tournament winnings it would ' ve felt too much like profiting from their son ' s death . But they could ' ve been included in the narrative without interacting with Harry . For example , Arthur could mention off hand that they ' d turned down the invite to the wedding , Harry could ask how they ' d been and Arthur could reply that they keep to themselves nowadays . <| sep |> Sounds like bullshit to me . If only people could stop focusing on the little things like this . Your professionalism should be evaluated by how well you do your fucking job , not by an email adress .