Too "Good" Harry / The resolution of Snape

[lupinlore]

No: HPFGUIDX 118382


SSSusan <susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> As for Harry's turning the other cheek being just too healthy & 
> well-adjusted...hasn't Harry seemed overall a bit this already?  
> Parents murdered, left with his abusive relatives, yet somehow 
> knows how to choose the good & noble path?  You know?  So...what 
> if he turned the other cheek but gritted his teeth while doing it
> and still vented to his friends?  Would that make it more 
> palatable? :-)
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan, who thinks Harry *is* remarkably healthy & 
> noble.

I agree, Susan, that Harry is remarkably healthy and noble, indeed 
already too much so to be entirely believable.  To add a "martyr" 
attitude toward Snape would, purely in my opinion, push things into 
the realm of "completely unbelievable" and "far too much."  I suppose 
I was in the minority in very much enjoying the angry Harry of OOTP.  
Certainly I felt like it was long overdue.  And I thought it much 
more realistic and enjoyable to read than the almost mystical 
goodness he had displayed up to this point.  I will be very 
disappointed if JKR lapses back into more unbelievable goodness, even 
if Harry turning the other cheek would be the "right" thing to do.  
It's just not human behavior (except I suppose from saints) and not 
believable.

Lupinlore