Snape, Harry, Dumbledore, and flaws in the books

[delwynmarch]

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Gielreta:
> Really, do we want Harry to be mature forever?  If he had never 
> acted his age, could we relate to him as well as we do, or would he 
> be more of a nice statue that we admire?

Del replies :
Uh, now that you mention it, that's about how I've always related to
Harry : a nice statue to be admired.

As a kid, I was too mature for my own good, and I had mastered the art
of not letting my feelings show. But in the inside, I was boiling, all
the time !

So I guess that's why I never was able to relate to Harry : because he
was always so passive. He would react when big things happened, but
most of the time, he just took things in. Even inside of him, it
didn't seem to matter. So I just accepted him as he was : someone who
doesn't get emotional very easily.

And then suddenly, in book 5, he starts to have an inside life, he
becomes almost over-emotional. It was too much of a leap for me. Harry
didn't seem very real to me until book 5, but OoP only made it worse.

Just *my* experience, not The Truth About Harry

Del.