emotional rescue

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No: HPFGUIDX 75175

Jennifer:
> >
> >My two bits:
> >As much as all this sharing and opening up would be emotionally
> >gratifying, I can't see a bunch of it happening. In JKR's world, a
> >little emotion goes a long, long way. See how much better Harry 
felt
> >after Luna talked to him about the veil? That's all we got and
> >perhaps all we are likely to get. Same with the brief embrace of
> >Harry and Mrs. Weasley, which was interupted by Hermione capturing
> >Rita!Beetle. Those moments are few and far between. I do hope for a
> >good talk with Lupin at some point but I forsee few tears being 
shed
> >amongst grieving parties. It's just too messy.


Erin:
> I think you are probably right. It seems to boil down to whatever 
emotional 
> support is necessary, even just a talk without any melodrama, to 
see ol' 
> Harry to the end. A little would probably go a long way for him. 
But I do 
> hope there's a little. It is a book with constraints, so we'll see.



Well, exactly.  The initial point I raised was that the books seemed 
very British to me because of the way emotions were handled (or not, 
as the case may be).  The scene with Luna was so effective (yes, I 
cried) precisely because she understod what Harry needed at that 
moment.  It didn't have to be lots of talk and drama-it just had to 
be someone who knew what he was feeling and let him know it.  As for 
Molly, I still think she blew it.  she should have kicked everyone 
else out of the room and let Harry cry.  Molly is a good person but 
she's a bit of a ditz and she tends to react before she thinks 
sometimes.  I thought she was unnecessarily nasty to Sirius, for 
instance.
Emotional scenes *are* messy, especially when you are in the midst of 
a world crisis, as the HP characters are.  When lives are at risk, 
there's little energy left over for the niceties.  Still, I can't 
help but feel badly for the hurt being endured by good people (well, 
characters)for whom a little acknowledgement would go a long way.  I 
know that the books aren't likely to change, nor should they.  JKR 
should tell her stories in her own way.  (She's done pretty decently 
up to now!)  If this were RL, though, there would probably be a 
healthy balance somewhere between JKR's representation and the 
daytime-talk-show-there-are-no-secrets stuff we seem to like to 
indulge in here in the States these days...

Laura