Some questions/comments about OOTP (LONG)

[vmonte]

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Barbara wrote:

And all this happens when he's dealing with raging hormones and
his attraction to Cho! I can't help but feel for him!
<snip> Ultimately I am just so sad for Harry. What a life he's had!
How much sadness he has had to endure! What a year! It was probably
the only year he's ever been at Hogwarts that he was miserable or
unhappy most of the time. And yet, he still didn't want to go back
to the Dursleys, so that tells you how awful it is there! <<<

Bren wrote:

I agree with you, and yes I do think Harry had an absolutely horrible
year, but it still doesn't justify him rashing out on his emotion,
IMHO. All these anger, rage, and even using Crucio... he's becoming
non other than VM himself!! If Harry's had such a hard life than so
did Voldemort. His muggle father abandoning his witch mother, his
mom dying right after his birth, being raised in an orphanage. At
least Harry had a "family" better than the orphanage staffs. Top
that with a surge of snaky Salazar's blood running through him (is he
the last remaining "ancestor" of Salazar? I heard that JKR meant it
that way. That is quite odd. Time-turning again?) - not so
different from Harry! Harry = VM = Salazar?!?! Yikes!

vmonte responds:

I think that Harry does need to learn how to control his emotions 
(and I think he will in book 6/7) but I don't think that his behavior 
in OOTP was unjustified.  I feel really sorry for Harry, can't he 
ever get a break! He's been fighting for 4 years against Voldemort 
and no one has the decency to tell him what is going on?! I would be 
angry! Regular 15 year olds can be a pain in the %#@, what with 
hormones and all.  How about a hormonal fifteen year old that has the 
weight of the WW on his shoulders?  

And about Tom Riddle, sorry, I feel no compassion for him at all. 
This guy doesn't even show compassion or loyalty to his own DE's?! 
Petunia isn't much better. Locking her sister's son in a cupboard, 
starving him, and mistreating him -- what a bit%h!  Just because her 
sister was popular, and talented!  She needs to get over it already.  
Honestly, how Harry survived past being a toddler is miraculous.

vivian