Odds & Ends: Phoenix Tears & Family

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Odds & Ends

Richelle: (&Nightngle)
"Healing through tears, like the phoenix, I'd never thought of it that
way. I like that. I can't really see Harry crying in anybody's arms
but Molly Weasley. I don't think there's anyone else (female) he
trusts enough, and it's just not a scene I can imagine without a
woman's touch!"

"Healing through tears, like the phoenix..."

That is a beautiful thought, very symbolic and very appropriate. 

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Off on a tangent, related to phoenix, in GoF when Harry is in
Dumbledore's office, just before he starts telling Dumbledore what
happened, Harry is kind of out of it, in shock. Then Fawkes flies down
and lands on Harry's lap (short version), Dumbledore asks Harry to
talk, there is a loud squawk, and Harry feels something warm trickle
down his throat. That 'something warm' is never specifically defined. 

How many people are like me, and assumed that 'something warm' was a
phoenix tear? 

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File this under 'What are the odds?":

Try this on for size; Harry James Weasley-Potter.

What are the odds that the Weasleys will officially adopt Harry as a
member of their family? I think it has to be incredibly hard to be an
orphan; to be completely detached from the world, to not truly be a
part of anyone or anything; a house but never a home, always a guest
and never a member, always among people but never part of them. 

You can say that the Weasleys are LIKE a family to Harry. But he is
really tied to them though his friendship with their kids. And it's a
reality of life that even the very best of friends eventually part
ways. That doesn't mean the friendship dissolves, but they eventually
do go their separate ways in life. It has to be hard on a person to be
that isolated and unattached. Since 'like a family' lacks any assured
permanents, no matter how close he feels to them, there is always
going to be an element of isolation, an element of separation.

Personally, I can envision the Weasleys officially/legally adopting
Harry near the end of the book. Which is a very nice thought, but that
thought is also clouded by the possibility that they will adopt him to
replace (in a sense) a son that is lost in the new Voldemort wars.
With or without the death of a Weasley son, Harry would now have a
permanent family, and a place he could always call home.

You could say that if he married Ginny he would become a member of the
family, but a nasty thing called divorce can undo that membership very
quickly, but no one ever been UN-adopted.

While this is not directly related to specific events in the book;
indirectly, we see Harry becoming a member of the Weasley family. So
the question is, how far will this process go? Will it go all the way
to Harry becoming a real member of the family?

Think about it, the book begins with Harry living a horrible life with
(so called) family who treat him like dirt, and at the end of the
book, Harry is finally part of a wonderful loving family. Seems like
very nice closure.

Just some thought. 

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