Harry's disposition -Suburban Wasteland

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 94629

::Annemehr wages internal battle with self; loses::

I agree!  I agree with Ms Mo Me, bboy_mn and Laura!


> Steve (bboy_mn) about what happened after GoF:

> > As always, Herry is left ALONE to deal with the situation on
> > his own. "Stiff upper lip" and all that be damned, don't these people
> > have brains, or hearts, for that matter. It didn't occur to anyone
> > that Harry might need some support to deal with that trama? OOOOH
> > NOOOOO! Just let him work it out on his own.

Laura:
> Notice that this is also pretty much what happens at the end of OotP -- 
> Harry's just lost someone *very* important to him due to circumstances 
> that are at least partially his own fault . . . and the people closest 
> to him just ship him back to Privet Drive like everything's normal.  

Annemehr:
I'm willing to suspend my judgment this one more time.  I'm willing to
wait until book 6 to see if anyone actually does see to Harry, even
though I fully *expected* that in the beginning of book 5 and didn't
get it.  :P  If he has to learn to master his emotions, fine, but I
also want him to learn what "unconditional love" means.

<snip bboy_mn's summary of how Harry's thoughts can run off the rails
without guidance>
 
> Steve:
> <SNIP>
> > Given the hellishly tramatic things Harry has experienced, and the
> > absolutely horrible (near criminal in my book) support he has been
> > given by the people he trusts, it's a complete wonder that Harry is as
> > well adjusted as he is.

Annemehr:
It's the same thing that keeps him alive, I guess -- a certain
stubbornness or refusal to give up.  It upheld his sense of self-worth
during his life with the Dursleys and kept him fighting in the
Graveyard even though he "knew" he was going to die.  It kept him
silently writing "I must not tell lies" into his hand but also made
him fight for the lives of his friends in the DoM.  It may be partly
stamped out of him by now, but I hope not permanently, cos he's going
to need it.

 
> Laura (who leaves this rather rant-y post grumbling that at least 
> Hermione *wanted* to try and that Dumbledore is *so* grooming Harry to 
> be a good solider.)

Annemehr (who thinks Hermione is the one responsible for the King's
Cross sendoff, but we'll probably never know, and who's suspending
judgment on Dumbledore these days)