Themes in OotP (was Re: Angry Harry in HBP?)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 119878


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:

> 
> It was WRONG to have behaved this way -- they could have at 
least  TRIED spending time with him & talking, to see how it 
would go, but  they didn't.  Now, any adult who's been dreading a 
conversation with  a child or a question from a child will probably 
identify with their  feelings, but at least a couple of them should 
have risen above it  and showed Harry some real support and 
willingness to talk about at  least some of the difficult stuff.  Or
to 
be open about what couldn't be talked about.
> 
> Sirius & Lupin did a measure of this at 12 GP, I would argue, 
but it  wasn't enough, nor consistent throughout the year, and as 
you note,  it wasn't there at ALL after the Mr. Weasley vision.  
There's no way a kid of 15, who thinks -- no, *knows* -- he just 
saved someone's  life through his vision is going to just start 
working hard to stop having them without some kind of 
reasonable explanation from someone  he trusts.
<snip>
Would *all* of the adults really have  been *this* stupid for a 
whole year?  Is that credible?

Pippin:

You have to remember at least some of their efforts to offer 
support to Harry were thwarted. Harry declined to have tea with 
Mrs. Figg, who might have been able to answer some of his 
questions and let him know what was going on. 

Harry refused to use the mirror Sirius gave him.

Neither Sirius nor McGonagall, nor DD seems comfortable 
offering emotional support if more is needed than their mere 
presence. Maybe it's the warrior culture thing. Spending time and 
talking -- does anybody except Hermione *ever* want to do that? 

Pippin