Harry's questions about his parents (was Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and the Dream, 2-way mirror)

[Susana Cunha]

No: HPFGUIDX 117444

Juli wrote:

> During Christmas at GP Harry
> wanted to tell Sirius not to worry that it was OK
> getting oclumency lessons with Snape, but he didn't he
> found plenty of time to talk to Ron and Hermione, but
> not 5 minutes to talk to his godfather. It just bugs
> me, why didn't they talked? If I was Harry I would
> have gotten as much information as possible about my
> parents and my grand-parents, but he didn't. I don't
> think he even knows his grand-parents name. He's never
> asked anyone were his money came from. Nothing, he
> doesn't seem to want to know anything at all.

Magda wrote:
>>I was particularly annoyed when Snape comes to tell Harry about
occlumency lessons and Molly finds him - where? getting the lowdown
on his grandparents from Sirius?  talking to Remus about what is was
like at school with James?  No, he's playing chess with Ron.  Like he
never seens Ron for 10 months of the flipping year anyway.

And when this dormant curiosity of his does have its annual flare up,
is he at 12GP where he can exercise it with Sirius?  Or in the
library so he can look up references to his own history (like
Hermione did before she got on the Hogwarts Express in PS/SS)?  No,
he's in Snape's office and sticks his head into a pensieve - which he
still doesn't know how to get out of.<<

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Yes, it seems strange at first sight. But you need to remember where he's
coming from. The kind of reaction he would probably provoke on his uncle and
aunt with questions about his parents would leave a mark in a young child.
He grew up learning that it was *wrong* to talk about his roots.

I'm more concern about what Juli wrote: he didn't talk to Sirius at all! Not
about his parents, nor anything! Maybe he was jus being a teenager (thinking
he had all the time in the world; not wanting to have a serious talk) but it
bugs me a lot more than his lack of curiosity, correction, his lack of will
to talk about his parents (he does seem curious, but he doesn't ask). I'd ex
pect him to run around Sirius like a puppy whenever he had the chance.

On the other hand, we don't know if he didn't. Maybe he did off page. Maybe
CliniclyDepressed!Sirius wanted to prove Molly he didn't mistake Harry for
his father and put some extra adult-teenager distance between them (that
sounds a lot like the Sirius I know - but that's just me).



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Magda wrote:
>>My annoyance with Harry over the whole curiosity issue has grown so
much that it interferes with my willingness to see him as an
attractive character.  I'm starting to think he's just dumb in a lot
of ways.<<
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Well, if he got into Snape's pensive without knowing how to get out I'll
have to agree with you! But, really, he wouldn't! He probably found out
after the accident with DD's pensive. I know we never see him lingering in
technical details like Hermione does, but we are only told the interesting
plot (though I'd be terribly interested in technical details - but that's
just me). He did seem to know a lot more about DADA than the other students.
I can only assume he *does* look things up in books or, at the very least,
asks Hermione.
But, of course, he is dumb in a lot of ways, we all are! He's human.



Susana
who realized after writing this post that Steve/bboyminn explained her point
of view much thoroughly.