Plot in OotP

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 118150


 
> Alla:
> I confess though as much as I loved OOP, Jo comments about 
> Harry "mastering his emotions" in HBP bothered me very very much.
> 
> So, my question is - do you think that she will do believable 
> transition in his emotions again? You know, not glossing over his 
> grief and pain, following up on what Dursleys did to him. etc.?
> 
> If OOP is indeed Harry's darkest hour, HBP just cannot become 
> his "shiny hour" right away, it has to be dark at least for a while, 
> IMO.

Annemehr:
Well, I'm not worried. After GoF, I worried that Harry would not be
affected enough in the next book; that he would continue too much the
same as he always had.  When OoP came out I saw that I was worried for
nothing.

It's almost the same situation now.  Harry knows now that he has to
get control of himself, and why.  He knows that just relying on doing
whatever you can think of, and on luck, and on help coming just in
time, in a crisis is not enough.  He also knows that letting his
emotions rule him had terrible consequences.

I have confidence that Jo will show enough of him working through his
guilt feelings and beginning to pull himself together.  Of course, in
real life such a thing might take many years, and Jo can't afford to
write that way, but I think she'll make it believable.  Of course,
Harry is also highly motivated -- he knows he'll have to face
Voldemort, he knew that even before he knew the prophecy.

Besides, Jo has already begun the process.  She had Harry sit by the
lake for hours, so things could sink in for him.  She gave him a
little comfort and hope from Luna, and the knowledge that his friends
would be looking out for him -- powerful, adult friends, even -- at
the King's Cross sendoff.  If Harry gets explicit support and some
real information from people who are in a postition to give it (Lupin,
Arabella, Dumbledore, Arthur and Molly), it would be something good
that he had never quite had before, and would go a long way towards
getting him back on his feet.

I also think Jo will take the next book and a half at least to mature
him completely.  I'll be quite happy, though, if she manages to ease
some of his pains within the first couple of chapters!

Gee, and I was worried this was going to turn out to be a one-liner...

Annemehr