[HPforGrownups] Tear-Jerking Moments in the Series -- Some OoP

[Wendy St John]

No: HPFGUIDX 66622

Great thread to start, Darrin!

So, I started thinking about my tear-jerking moments from the first four
books, and I realise that I don't think there ARE any! I don't remember
actually crying while reading any of the books before OoP. I've shouted and
cheered at things in the other books, but no actual tears until OoP. That
makes me sound a bit cold-hearted, doesn't it? Funny thing is that I'm
*not*! I usually *do* cry at things. Heck, I cried the first time I saw
"Muppets Take Manhattan," for Pete's sake! So I don't know what's up with
that. In any case, my list is all from the most recent book:

1. Neville tucking the Droobles gum wrapper into his pocket. Wow. Several
things in play here, and I can read even more into it on retrospection. But
my initial reactions: Neville really loves his mum and the sensitivity he
shows toward her is just stunning;Neville's mum really loves him - and I'm
now convinced that she *is* aware of who he is, and probably much more than
that as well. That Neville did it after Gran's less-than-sensitive comments
made the moment just that much more poignant.

2. Molly and the Boggart - I was shaking along with her. I found JKR's
description of the scene to be extremely moving, and as a Mum who fears for
own child with Mollyesque fervor (not all the time of course - that would
be scary - but in certain situations based on things that have happened in
the past), I could really relate. Especially in light of what others have
speculated: that Molly lost a child in VW1 and is living in terror for her
family's safety. That fits really well for me with the way Molly is
characterised thus far.

3. My most heart-wrenching moment was the scene in which Harry uses the
extendable ear to eavesdrop on the conversation at Arthur's bedside and
overhears Moody's comment, "there's something funny about the Potter kid,
we all know that." That made me SO ANGRY at Moody I had to put the book
down. After all Harry's been through it really hurt me to think of him
listening to tMoody discuss him in those terms - as though he wasn't a
person Moody knew, but just a "problem" related to his job as an auror.
P*ssed me off good, that did. That was by far my most emotional moment in
the series so far. And I must say I'm not particularly fond of Real!Moody
after that, either (his threats to Vernon notwithstanding). 

You may have noticed that the death of Sirius didn't rate any tears from
me, either, while reading - I just felt sick to my stomach for *hours*.
Although a few days later I did burst into tears at the thought of his
death once while driving.

Ah - one more quick thing . . . 

Darrin wrote:

"* PoA: Harry finally accepts Sirius as an innocent man. The "you fly 
as well as your father ever did" gets me every time too. I've been 
dreaming about how Gary Oldman is going to deliver that line."

Now me (Wendy) again:

Don't get your hopes up. I used to dream about hearing Alan Rickman say "Or
maybe he's waiting to hear why you two didn't arrive on the school train."
And we all know how *that* turned out.  (FILCH????? ARGHHHHHHHHHH)   <G> 
.
Wendy St John
hebrideanblack at earthlink.net
(Who wonders what Darrin thought of her suggestion that Rodolphus Lestrange
will be the one to prove his (Darrin's) theory about Snape trying to round
up less-than-fanatical Death Eaters and return them to the fold - I never
got a response to that post).