Adults "failing" Harry (was: Themes in OotP)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120059


Finwitch wrote:
" The thing is - they ARE at war. Everyone IS involved, aware or not.
Those who *know* what's going on are better equipped to deal with it
and to survive. The decision of not telling the kids anything simply
proves to me that these wizards truly aren't much for logic."

Del replies :
The thing is - they are NOT at war. There hasn't been a declaration of
war, there isn't an official enemy camp, there aren't open battles,
there's no army, there is no state of war, and so on. The WW is NOT at
war during OoP.

There's a war going on, yes, but a COLD war. A war of spies and
under-cover actions. A hidden war, where 99,9% of the population isn't
even aware of a war going on (up until Harry's interview is published
anyway).

Many many countries are in this situation right now. And yet their
populations aren't taught the arts of war, are they?

The whole point of OoP was *precisely* to turn this cold war into an
"hot" one : it was to bring it out in the open.

Finwitch wrote: 
"And Harry in particular *was* involved since before his birth, HAS
faced Voldemort more times than the adults, so er - keeping Harry in
the dark was just stupid. No one ever told him that V might feed him
false visions - just that he knew of the connection and that was
somehow dangerous..."

Del replies:
Because most probably no one even KNEW.

We don't know that anyone apart from DD knows about the Prophecy. We
don't know that anyone apart from DD, Snape, Ron and Hermione know
about Harry's recurring dreams of the corridor.

And nobody has EVER had to deal with a scar-connection such as the one
between Harry and LV, so HOW could they tell him what to expect???

Finwitch wrote :
"And what comes to Harry's emotional health - yes, Sirius is the one
who should keep that as the godfather - he tries, but after 12 years
with Dementors, short break and back in the house that created some of
 the memories he was more or less forced to dwell in for 12 years -
he's not in much of a healthy emotional state himself."

Del replies :
And Molly is terrified that her husband and kids are going to end up
the same way her brothers did in VWI : dead.
And Lupin is trying to survive in a world whose leaders wish him dead
or worse.
And and and... They are ALL in "not much of a healthy emotional state"
themselves. So tell me : WHO could take care of Harry's emotional health?

Finwitch wrote :
"According to Dumbledore's interpretation of Trelawney's the first
prophecy, Harry IS the one able to defeat Voldemort. Therefore, the
future of both WW and MW rests upon Harry. That means that HARRY is
important. This includes not just physical safety (which Dumbledore
haven't been able to provide at Hogwarts) but emotional as well. After
all, if Harry's emotional state goes down enough, he might not fight
at all, but just be quiet and wait to die - or be more active and
commit suicide. And what would that mean to Dumbledore's plans?"

Del replies :
It seems obvious to me that this is PRECISELY the reason DD didn't
tell Harry about the Prophecy : because he didn't want to put even
more emotional stress on him.
DD is well aware that the boy doesn't have much of a support network.
But there's nothing he can do about it : there's simply nobody
available to parent Harry. So DD tries to do the only thing he can do
: preserve Harry's sanity by not putting more stress than necessary on
him. Tell me : what ELSE could he have done ?

Del