OOP: Thoughts and more thoughts

[rane_ab]

No: HPFGUIDX 64801

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Aesha Williams" 
<awillia2 at g...> wrote:
> 4.What will happen to Kreacher? I don't think that the OoP would 
like to have him around as a constant reminder of his betrayal, and 
of course they would not give him clothes, as then he would probably 
run straight to Malfoy Manor. Will he be sent to Azkaban? Locked up? 
Hmm..

Now that Sirius is dead, the question is: who does the house belong 
to? This subject has been brought up before. The Order will  not 
necessarily  be able to keep the house as their Headquarters, and 
thus, *something* doesn''t necessarily have to happen to Kreacher.
 

> 12. Loved that Ron was Prefect, and I felt that he deserved it. 
I completely agree. I don't feel Harry had more right to become a 
prefect, either, and I was also a bit annoyed when DD admitted why 
he'd made Ron a prefect rather than Harry. On the other hand, I think 
Harry may just be a tad bit more responsible than Ron (or at least 
that's the impression I got in the first four books, and that''s 
where DD is basing himself on, right?)

> 13. Now here I'm very sure I'm in the vast minority (I'm thinking 
perhaps 10 people out of our 8300 may think this as well). The 
relationship between Sirius and Harry has always bothered me, even 
last year, and definately this year (OoP). They've known one another 
less than two years, and yet Harry is willing to listen almost 
exclusively to what Sirius has to say. He won't go to Dumbledore, he 
won't ask anyone else for advice, and I'm not sure I understand why. 
He's known Dumbledore, the Weasleys, even Lupin longer and better... 
Why go exclusively to Sirius for advice and counsel? I'm thinking 
this way- if I was told I had a sister I never knew I had, and 
someone introduced us, I wouldn't instantly love them just because 
someone said she was my sister. Yet this is how I think it happened 
with Sirius and Harry. Why does he love Sirius any more than Lupin, 
or Molly, or Dumbledore? He's known those three longer; they too have 
his best interests at heart; Molly even thinks of him as her own son. 
Is it just because Sirius has the title godfather, or because he's 
one of Harry's father's best friends? 

Well, Harry has always hoped someone would save him from the 
Dursleys, hasn't he? And here''s someone who proposed exactly that 
(in PoA). That'll get Harry's sympathy for sure, even if in the end, 
Sirius can't take Harry in. Sirius is the only real family member 
he's got left, besides the Dursleys, who hate him, and we all know 
he's been dreaming about having a family - or knowing them. I'm sure 
Sirius' being his father's best friend plays a role in this, too - 
and the fact that Sirius proved to be a very *loyal* friend, in the 
end. 
Moreover, and I do think this is important, note that he's on a first 
name basis with Sirius, while it's *Professor* Lupin, *Professor* 
Dumbledore and *Mrs* Weasley. And actually, Sirius behaves most as 
someone Harry's age, doesn't he? Especially in this book. I think 
Harry sees Sirius as more of a friend - more of an equal - than he 
does the other adults. Besides, he keeps saying that he won't go to 
Dumbledore because the latter won't look at him. I think that if 
nothing odd had been going on with Dumbledore, Harry *would* have 
gone to him.
> 
I thought the comments after this one were interesting, too, but I've 
nothing to add to them. :-)

Cheerful greetings,
Rane.