[HPforGrownups] Re: Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame for Occlumency?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 100745

Darrin:
> Apparently, Snape doesn't have to be an adult. He can wallow in self-
> pity, petty grudges, failures, and immature behavior and it will be 
> written off as "complex."
> 
> But let a 15-year-old like Harry make a mistake and that's just 
> heinous!
> 
> Might have been nice had Snape given Harry, whose got some memories 
> of his own that are pretty awful, the same chance to remove 
> some 
> before they began, hm?

Oryomai:

First off, hiya Darrin!  It's been a while!  *g*  Now, back to Harry Potter!

Why does everyone underestimate teenagers?  Why does the fact that Harry's 15 give him the right to act like a little berk?  (Wow...I just used berk in a sentence...)  Severus is most definitely a giant git.  (Wow...git...)  And everyone jumps down his throad when he does something wrong.  But for some reason, every time Harry does something bad, it's "Harry is 15!  Severus isn't 15!"  What does age have to do with it?  Age is no excuse AT ALL.  Especially when you know what Harry knows.  Severus knows too, but isn't Harry our hero?  (That be sarcasm...I'm not a big Harry fan at all...)

It's well established that Severus cannot grow up.  He needs a psychiatrist and some therapy.  Look at his situation, he was tormented by people in his youth and he can't get over it -- happens to lots of people.  I graduated high school last week, and I still hate peoplel who pulled their own prank on me in fifth grade.  The weak cannot take things like that.  When Severus went on his rant about people who wear their hearts on their sleeves, IMO, that was about him.  Actually, I believe we have yet to meet a real adult in the HP series.

Oryomai