Harry's future...

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 106278


> texaschow <flamingstarchows at a...> wrote:
> --- "cincimaelder" wrote:
> - When Harry was teaching DA the Patronus charm in OoP, they 
> seemed to
> > do better than Harry did on his first shot at it. Both Cho and
> > Hermione where able to summon an animal, and all Harry was able 
to
> > manage at first was some wisps vapor.
> 
> 
> Then Cathy wrote
> 
> 
> When Harry was learning the Patronus Charm, Lupin used a Boggart, 
> which turned into a Dementor in Harry's case. It had basically the 
> same affect as the real ones did. In the lessons Harry was 
teaching 
> to the DA, they were in a brightly lit classroom - no dementors to 
> suck the happiness out of them while they practiced their 
patronuses. 
> Producing a patronus with a dementor in the room is far more 
> difficult than if there is not one present.
> 
> 
> Now UdderPD
> 
> I agree with everything you say Cathy but I would like to add that 
I would think that both Cho and Hermione have far more and happier 
memories than Harry. As we know these are essential for the casting 
of a Patronus.


I think that the main reason it took Harry a long time (relative to 
Hermione, Cho, etc) is that he was very conflicted about mastering 
the Patronus Charm.  If you remember, he wanted to ward off the 
dementors but at the same time he very much wanted to hear his 
parents voices, and he struggled with this conflict right up until 
the moment he *had* to perform it successfully in order to save 
Sirius, Hermione and himself.  This seems to be strong foreshadowing 
for his failure to master Occlumency, mainly because he really wants 
to see what's behind that door.  Of course, this time his failure 
costs Sirius his life.

Jo Serenadust, who hopes that Harry's learned his lesson this time