What's annoying about Harry, IS he a procrasinator?

[Scott Northrup]

No: HPFGUIDX 51513

> Is Harry a procrastinator, though?
>
> Hmmm.
>
> In retrospect, perhaps "procrastinator" might not have been the best
> word, but when hard-pressed, I can't say that I can find a better one.
>
> Let's see:
>
> In CoS, Harry delays telling Ron & Hermione that he can hear the
> voice in the wall. Likewise, and without wisdom (granted, 12 year old
> boys are not always blessed in the wisdom category) he delays telling
> this information to Dumbledore as well.
>
> In PoA, Harry delays helping Hagrid until Buckbeak has already lost
> the case. Of course, he had plenty of time to do something, as we can
> gather from the fact that Hermione, who is busier than all of them,
> still found time to help Hagrid with the preparations.  And Hagrid,
> nice guys that he is, does say that he doesn't blame Harry, who has
> been practicing Quidditch furiously.
>
> In GoF, Harry also delays asking anyone to the Yule Ball, until it is
> so late that he has to go with Parvati.
>
> And then again, Harry can be irritatingly persistent when he really
> wants something, as in PoA when he presses McGonagall for the
> Firebolt. "I shall TELL you when we've finished checking it. Now,
> please stop badgering me." (McGonagall to Harry, PoA 245) Or in
> PS/SS, when he doesn't delay coming up with reasons to accuse Snape
> of trying to kill him and trying to steal the stone.
>
> In a way, in Harry's defense, this returns us to the fact that he is,
> as Marina points out, a rather endearing young boy... who wants what
> he wants as soon as possible, and yet who can find reasons to get
> distracted from stuff that he doesn't put atop his list of
> priorities. :)
>
> -Tom

Harry has no concept of time.  This is not an uncommon problem, especially
with children, teens and er.. the occasional 20 year-old.  ;)

Just one of the many reasons he's such a great character.

-Scott

(and what's wrong with proscrastination?  You people make it sound like it's
a sin.)