Dirty!Harry and Stoned!Harry

[jferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 43368

bboy_mn, speaking about Harry's desire for revenge and his actions in 
the Shrieking Shack:"...in which his hatred and anger toward Sirius 
could build. Then he is confronted by a 'heat of the battle' 
situation. Harry and friends are being held at wand point by Sirius, 
Sirius has just attack and broken the leg of his best friend (Ron), 
he appears to have already made two attempts on Harry's life, and I'm 
sure Harry assumes that he and his friends are in mortal peril; I 
would say emtions (fear, anger, hate) are running high in the moment 
before Harry physically attacks Sirus.

On the other hand, the story about Wormtail came about in a long
somewhat convoluted conversation. So there wasn't the 'heat of the
battle' emotions, he didn't have month for the anger to fester, and in
saving Sirius, he has already chosen the higher moral ground."

You're touching on something extraordinary about Harry: We've seen 
over and over how he's the "man of action," whose instincts (with 
preparation from Hermione) lead him right and save him time and time 
again; and his unwavering moral compass. He just can't be bad, it 
seems.

Don't worry about him sneaking to Hogsmeade or hanging on to the 
Marauder's Map; it will be a poor world when youngsters bending the 
rules here and there are "immoral." That's why I'm more tolerant of 
the twins. 

Is this clarity part of Harry's gift/curse as a hero? I believe it 
is. Will his humanity cause him to hesitate at the wrong moment? I 
hope not.