Plot in OotP

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No: HPFGUIDX 118151


> 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.

huge snip

> 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...
> 


Alla:

Oh, when you put it this way I am feeling more optimistic too. Yes, 
going back to hwen I first read GoF, I was worried that we won't hear 
about Harry being traumatised from witnessing the death of the 
clasmate and being violated by violent psychopath.

You are right indeed, we worried for nothing.

It is true, normally the process of recovery would take years, but no 
matter how much I want to see Harry happy at the end, I do not want 
his pain to dissappear within first two chapters. If it gets easier 
for him at the end of HBP, I can live with that, but not in the 
beginning.

I also agree that keeping Harry informed will work wonders in healing 
his wounds.

We will definitely see then whether Dumbledore indeed learned as much 
as he claimed from his mistakes. If he won't keep Harry in the dark 
about major happenings of the war, Dumbledore will be forgiven in my 
book :o)