OotP Harry not a prefect & his Inner Voice

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In chapter 9, Woes of Mrs Weasley. Harry finds out he is not a 
prefect. In a book where Harry is feeling both angry and persecuted, 
this sems the final straw. DD 'explains' it later as being that he 
didn't want to load Harry with too much and since his father was not 
a prefect but WAS head boy it isn't the hurdle one might think, even 
though Mrs Weasley tells Ron 'you could end up head Boy just like 
Bill and Percy, it's the first step!' - which suggests to me that 
it's highly unusual NOt to be a prefect before being HB.

My own view on why DD didn't make Harry prefect was because it was 
inflammatory enough that he *existed* and was still at the school 
after attempts to ensure he wasn't, let alone would be a prefect, to 
the new ministry spy/DADA appointee, Umbridge.

In justifying to himself that this decision has sense, HArry has an 
inner voice arguing both the pros and cons:

" ... But if he *had* thought about it ... what would he have 
expected?
*Not this*, said a small and truthful voive inside his head. ..."

emphasis on word truthful. This voice argues for Harry. Is it the 
vestige of the baby boy formed by James and Lily's union (pre-GH), 
as opposed to LVfusion!Harry, the being created at GH, who dominates 
a large part of OotP, whether consciously or subconsciously?