Will Harry muse or be too busy fighting? (was: When Harry met Sally)

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SSSusan wrote:
>>> Back to one of your points, now IS the time for DD & others to 
come clean...and STAY clean.  If people know more about the what and 
the why and the how--or about any history which can help Harry 
understand--they NEED to lay it out there now.  Harry's probably 
already angry & resentful that this burden has fallen on him.  We 
know he's angry w/ DD.  If DD & The Order want Harry to choose the 
difficult path, they're going to have to SHOW him they're willing to 
let him know whatever he needs to know now.  No more secrets, no 
more "saving you from pain," no more "someday, when you're ready."  
The time is NOW, and if they're not forthcoming, I suspect Harry 
will pull away further.

 
boyd:
> We could have made the same arguments after each of the first 5 
> books, though. Certainly, after GoF it seemed so--that the WW would 
> finally have to react to LV's return, and that DD would finally 
> have to let Harry in on the whole thing. But neither happened.

SSSusan:
Ugh.  I suppose you're right on that. :-|


boyd:
<snip>
> I agree that he'll still be a bit distanced emotionally from his 
> friends. 

SSSusan:
I think you're right.  The end of OotP was indicative of this, with 
Harry not telling Ron or Hermione about the prophecy and pulling away 
from almost everyone.  We know that Luna managed to get Harry to talk 
a bit, though it wasn't intentional on her part.  I'll be curious 
what happens at the beginning of Book 6 to make Harry's Privet Drive 
stay so short, and how Harry will act around his friends, assuming he 
gets to be with them after the Privet Drive stay ends.

*My* personal hope is that wherever he finds himself, Lupin is there, 
and that Lupin will manage to help Harry sort some things out and 
begin to move forward.

Siriusly Snapey Susan