Speculations for year 6

[historygrrl1]

No: HPFGUIDX 86701

Wolfiesmom98 wrote:

> 1.  Harry is rescued from the Dursleys early in the summer so he 
can 
> spend his Birthday with the Weasleys and have a real birthday party.
> 
> 2.  He passed all his owls.  Astronomy will be tested again bcause 
> everyone was distracted.  Hermione of course got number 1 scores.
> 
> 3. Krum comes to visit Hermione and she breaks up with him in front 
> of Ron.
> 
> 4.  Neville learns that he actually has more power than he thinks 
and 
> just needs confidence.
> 


I think JKR will have to strike a balance between letting Harry 
recover from his traumas and making him deal with the darkness that 
surrounds him.  If she lets him get too comfortable, we get "Harry 
Potter and the Pony Party."  If she inflicts too much pain on him, we 
find ourselves reading "Harry Potter and Crippling Depression."  

IMNSHO, OOTP was more or less Harry Potter and the Descent into 
Madness - the problems he struggled with at the end of the book were 
never really resolved, and his troubles were multiplied with Sirius's 
death and the revelation of the prophecy.  He'll never be the same 
again.  He has to start finding his way out of this deep dark place.  
At this point, it's difficult to even see why he would want to return 
to Hogwarts (the relative safety of the Durseley household might be a 
welcome respite, even with the accompanying abuse).  So part of 
the "second war" against Voldemort is going to have to be the 
struggle to heal a few of Harry's psychic wounds.

A birthday party at the Weasleys might go a long way towards helping 
that process.  So would passing all his OWLs.  And passing all the 
OWLs would put him in Snape's Potions class, simultaneously reducing 
and preserving a certain level of angst.  But I don't feel like we 
can have both a high-pass in Potions and a really good birthday.  I 
think it could make Harry too miserable.  Unless the birthday party 
is a flop, which could reinforce the pain of Harry's losses (but 
could also make the pain too much.)  

My guesses:
1) Harry continues his study of Potions in some way, either with the 
help of Hermione and/or MacGonagall, or with Snape's NEWT-level class.

2) Harry fails to write to the Order for three consecutive days on 
purpose (or maybe because he's too miserable to do anything and 
forgets), forcing them to rescue him.  He goes somewhere he hasn't 
previously seen. 

3) We learn more about Lupin.

4) We learn a lot more about Neville, as Harry (and maybe Ron and 
Hermione) look for ways to pin the prophecy to him, rather than 
Harry. 

5) Neville gets more powerful.

6) Krum reappears and we find that Hermione has already cut off the 
romance.

-historygrrl