Post-Hogwarts PTSD

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 10279

Hi --

ebonyink at hotmail.com wrote:

> Jim Ferer (I think) and Jim Flanagan have written both essay posts and
> fanfics to describe this phenomenon.  As I stated before, I agree
> strongly with them.
>
> I also believe that not only would Harry be affected, I think that his
> entire generation would be traumatized to a certain degree.  I tend to
> think of the Marauders as part of the "Lost Generation"... we don't
> know many of them in canon, but from what we've seen, V. didn't just
> play pattycake the last time around.

That's one of the things that I'm loving about Ebony's fic, TIP, is that
she does convincingly deal with what I think will be dark days ahead for
that generation of kids.  I'm not sure that many fanfics have really
dealt with this to any real degree.  I have always liked all the WWII
parallels in the books (being a bit of a WWII buff myself).  Is Brooks
still around?  He was writing a WWII-era fanfic at one point.

I agree with both Jims and Ebony that Harry may well shun romantic
entanglements & may even distance himself from his friends in hopes of
keeping them out of danger.  I think PTSD will be a real problem for
him.  As big a H/H shipper as I am, I don't necessarily see it happening
in the canon.  I do, however, still see FITD playing out (since I think
Hermione has feelings for Harry).

> This is why I think close interpersonal relationships (never mind
> shipping for the
> moment) would inevitably form amongst students who were at Hogwarts in
> the nineties under Dumbledore, who at this point is the only
> ultra-prominent wizard who believes that V is back.  It's a matter of
> empathy... you can only understand what someone has gone through on a
> fundamental level if you've walked in their shoes for a mile or two.

Yes -- close bonds will inevitably develop amongst that generation.

I'm going to ruminate on this some more -- must skeedaddle for now.

Penny