[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Harry Doesn't See His Parents Dying (WAS: Voices from the past)

[Bright Eyes]

No: HPFGUIDX 47309

Finwitch:
<<Thought it might be the answer why JKR made it that way, but it's not an in-story-explanation which may or may not become out... Maybe Harry was doing the kiddie-hiding: covering his eyes and thus believing he's not seen? When his Mom died, well-- he's just take his hands off... Or something else that Lily or Harry did.>>

Me:
I had never really given the man's voice much thought before I read this topic. I, like Harry, assumed it was just his dad. But reading it back, it did seem quite odd JKR never said it *was* his Dad. It was a man's voice and that is all we are told. Harry just presumes it must be his Dad. Which is quite natural, but Harry knows no more about his father than we do. As for Harry not seeing it, I put this down to a few things. Harry was just a small child when they died, as awful as it may have been, he wouldn't know what was going on and so it wouldn't have a memorable impact. Also, there's something JKR is keeping from us until book 7, if Harry remembered his parents death, there'd be no story, he'd have it all sussed out.


Finwitch:
<<Blurry? I've fainted a few times myself but nothing ever  went /blurry/ first...>>

Me:
I must say, I've only ever fainted once, and I agree, nothing went blurry. But it was a strange sensation. Everything went dark for me and I could hear what was going on but it sounded like it was all really far away (this was of course, before I fainted).

Lisa
(moony_loon)


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