Telling Harry + Amos Diggory & Harry

[alhewison]

No: HPFGUIDX 35853

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "sirius_kase" <karen at i...> wrote:
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> I agree that Harry is going somewhere that we'd rather he didn't.  
> I'm expecting St. Mungo's.  The foreshadowing all points that 
> way.  Fudge thinks Harry is crazy, not bad.  Rita's articles 
portray 
> him as crazy not bad.  Even Snape knows that for Harry, Azkaban 
> would be a death sentence, unless he could get his Patronis to 
> look after him 24 hours a day.  Why else would Jo have had 
> Dumbledore tell Harry (and us) about Neville's parents and 
> Malfoy's charitable contributions?  Also, he could be more easilty 
> committed to St. Mungo's without a public hearing and Fudge 
> could portray himself as being looking out for Harry's best 
> interests by having him undergo treatment.  Harry is too popular 
> for Fudge to do something like get him off to prison.  Especially 
> with a popular wizard like Dumbledore sticking up for him.  My 
> number two theory on who is going to St. Mungos is Dumbledore 
> for allowing Harry to get away with so much and allowing Harry to 
> put himself in harms way by not properly disciplining, etc, etc.

I can imagine Harry being sent to St Mungo's - but I do wonder if JKR 
will really explore mental illness in the Potterverse. Ok, so we know 
that Harry isn't ill, but he would have to be treated as though he 
is. There is still such stigma attached to mental illness (in the UK 
at least). If she can do it, and open it up as a discussion subject 
in a "children's" book, then I guess many would be grateful to her. 

I suppose that she could just do it as a humorous interlude. But how 
would Harry's Aunt & Uncle treat him if they knew that he was 
considered to be crazy by the wizarding community - would they still 
have him back? I also wonder if Harry is still really popular - Rita 
Skeeter's poison pen seems to have worked against him at Hogwarts 
(kids avoiding him in the corridors etc) might this also be true in 
the wizarding community as a whole. Adulation can quickly turn to 
hate, or distrust at the very least - especially when given a helping 
hand by the likes of Rita Skeeter.

I will certainly be surprised if Fudge & the establishment do leave 
Harry alone, and St Mungos has been introduced to us, so maybe...

Ali