Harry's Good Will?

[bboy_mn]

No: HPFGUIDX 43365

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Evil Homer <iamevilhomer323 at y...> wrote:
Evil Homer commenting on Sirius Kase:
> 
> I also wonder if Harry's presence at the time of
> Cedric's death and the fact that there is only his
> account of the events that took place will further
> cast a shadow on his character. Will people suspect
> him of having a part in Cedric's death? I feel this
> would be an interesting turn for the
> stories to take - to give our hero this growing
> connection to the Dark Side, however imagined this
> connection may be - makes for a fascinating story.
>  
> -EH-

bboy_mn comment:

> "...the fact that there is only his account of the events that 
> took place ..."

Ahhhh.... It's worse than you think, because there was a whole crowd
of people there who witnessed all or part of what happened in the
graveyard. True the DE's didn't get there until after Voldemort had
his body back, but they've never let anything like the truth get in
the way before.

Here is a large group of somewhat influential people who have every
reason to poison people's minds against Harry. They can't come right
out and say "I was there I saw this" to the general public but there
are probably sympathetic people they can say it to, then those people
can say it to other's leaving out a few details, and next thing you
know rumors are flying all over the place.

It seems like in every book, people somehow turn against Harry until
he redeems himself by saving the day. I swear Harry was so alone and
alienated during parts of GoF, it almost made me cry. It certainly
made my heart ache. Worst of all, besides the whole school being
against him, his best friend turned on him. It's seems like these
episodes of alienation are growing more intense with each book. So,
I'm inclined to agree, that the isolation, mistrust, and alienation
are going to be more intense and more widespead in the future. 

Rita 'Cheater' Skeeter has already planted huge seeds of doubt in
peoples minds. Even Mrs. Weasley who knows both Harry and Hermione was
incline to believe that female dog who called herself a reporter. So,
it doesn't take much to set people off. 

Let's face it, everybody loves a hero, until he's human.

Just some thoughts.

bboy_mn