[HPforGrownups] Re: Angry Harry in HBP?

[Vivamus]

No: HPFGUIDX 119870

> > If that's the case, who is going to be his foil -- Bellatrix?      
> > Vivamus
> 
> mcmaxslb:
> aahh Voldemort?

Vivamus:
LV is his ultimate enemy, and has been, of course.  I mean, with whom will
he fence on a daily basis?  Snape and Draco have filled that function in the
past, but (if Harry ever thinks clearly about it) Snape really is on the
same side as Harry, even though they despise each other, and Draco is just a
whiny, ultra-spoiled rich brat, not worth attention.  If HBP is not going to
be all CAPSLOCK!Harry, with him screaming at people who don't deserve it,
then he needs someone to oppose on a daily basis.

He can't be having regular confrontations with LV.  IF he has one in HBP, it
will only be one -- and he may not.  LV is still so far beyond Harry that
another real confrontation seems unlikely.  Granted, JKR can certainly pull
it off -- She can do ANYTHING she wants, and if she reads this list, as I'm
sure she does, I hope she realizes that her fans do trust her, as
quarrelsome as we may seem, sometimes.  

Perhaps Snape will continue to be horrible to Harry, getting worse instead
of better -- actually, that makes sense, doesn't it?   To Snape, Harry (1)
is a spoiled brat who couldn't focus enough to even TRY to master
Occlumency, (2) endangered his (Snape's) life by trying to communicate with
him in front of a bunch of DE kids, and (3) absolutely confirmed Snape's
worst suspicions about him by rushing off to the DoM.  That is all on top of
Snape's history with Harry's parents, and Harry looking into Snape's worst
memories.

IF that's the case, Harry will be struggling with (1) grieving for Sirius,
(2) feeling guilty over being made a fool of by LV, (3) having to face the
"kill or be killed" interpretation of the prophecy (which may or may not be
correct, but it is the interpretation he has), and on top of all this the
rising conviction that Snape must be a bad guy, because he is so
"unreasonably" nasty to Harry.

Vivamus, who is *really* ready to read the next book, and hopes all this
speculation hasn't messed up JKR's writing at all