Perversion in the Graveyard

[Melinda Leydon]

No: HPFGUIDX 71166

I'm sorry, I've lost the original of this but I did go back to the archives
to read post #40405.  Does anyone know the # of the original Perversion
post?  I'm still going back but so far have not come across it.  I found
this one fascinating though.

I remember reading GOF and "rape" was never the word that came to mind, but
certainly a violation.  There was something creepy and just "wrong" about
the whole thing and I remember it bothering me for some time.  I had hoped
to see more emotional "punch" from this when OotP came out and when it
started, I thought we would.  Towards the very beginning he tells himself
"Don't think about that" and yet again pushes it from his mind.  Though he'd
been having screaming nightmares at the Dursleys, we never hear about it
after he joins the others or goes back to school.

When Hermione brings Rita Skeeter to the Hogs Head and wants Harry to give
his story, I remember being taken aback.  I thought Harry would rave at her,
and even feel betrayed.  He had, up to this point, refused to even talk
about it.  When he and Umbridge had their first battle, the rest of the
class was quiet and avidly listening because no one had ever heard Harry
talk about this before.  It struck me as very odd that all of a sudden he'd
just tell the world.  I wish we'd seen the interview.  He said Rita pushed
him for every detail, but did that include his parents coming out of
Voldemorts wand? Does everyone now know that Harry and Voldemort wands won't
work against each other?

Did anyone else feel this was odd?

I have one more unrelated question, but I thought I'd add it.  When Harry
goes to Nick to question him about death, Nick expected it.  How did he know
that the death of Sirius would be a loss to Harry?  Is that public knowledge
now?  I don't remember reading anything that said Sirius was cleared?

Melinda