[HPforGrownups] Harry's feelings/thoughts about parents

[Dinah]

No: HPFGUIDX 10810

> We know > the photos mean a great deal to him--does he ever want to talk
to
> these old school friends of his parents and ask what they were like?
> Amy Z

That's what I missed in the conversations between Harry and Remus. R was
reluctant to confess that he and James were friends at Hogwarts, but after
he said that I always wondered why Harry never asked. At least after Lupin
learned what Harry heard when the Dementors advanced - and he was obviously
quite shaken by it, too - I thought that *now* was the time to offer
comfort, to tell Harry more about his parents. The voices of their struggle
with death is the most vivid expression of them he has, and that's not a
pretty thought. It also would have been a good method to weaken the scenes
the Dementors ticked off in Harrys head.

What also struck me strange about Harry and the thoughts he has about his
parents was the wand scene in GoF. I realized that the order was wrong, but
that didn't really bother me. What bothered me most was that the person
Harry had thought of most this evening was James - and we never were told
about this. Not a tiny mention of Harrys feelings and thoughts. And then
James drops out, says "You're mum is coming, too" and that was it. Lily
talks to Harry (it's a typical motherly scene and I love it, really -
another bad thing about the order change, they deprived Lily of the first
decent mention she had), but he doesn't seem to moved by that, either.
Somehow I thought it would trigger a reaction, despite the danger and
strress he is in.

 ~ Dinah ~

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