Harry & Seamus (Was: Harry not a Prefect & his Inner Voice)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 115189


Finwitch wrote :
"1) Seamus must have seen enough to know that Harry is NOT insane, or
at least enough for reasonable doubt, and never mind what his mother
who has never so much as met Harry says based on hearsay of others who
don't know Harry either."

Del replies :
Actually, it's quite the opposite. Seamus knows enough of Harry to
know that the boy is quite definitely not normal. He wakes up his
dormmates at night because of nightmares. He's got seizures in class
and pretends his scar hurts him. He keeps breaking the rules. He
pretends to be the only witness to the resurrection of a dead guy. He
pretends to have been attacked by Dementors. He can speak
Parseltongue. And so on. So if anything, Seamus might actually have
reasonable doubt that Harry is *indeed* a bit insane.

Finwitch wrote :
" 2) friends or not, a housemate should at least take 'innocent until
proven guilty' -approach. Particularly as we know how Harry himself
does take all the trouble for proper evidence in case of Draco Malfoy,
who is NOT a housemate and definately not a friend, even when he
firmly believes Draco's the Heir of Slytherin... Can't Harry expect
*that* much from his housemate? To at least ASK Harry before jumping
into conclusions/believing nasty rumours?"

Del replies :
And that's *exactly* what he did. He asked Harry to explain a bit more
of what happened when Cedric died. But Harry just flew into a
self-righteous rage, and *refused* to tell anything. You have to keep
in mind that up until Harry's interview is published in the Quibbler,
the students know almost nothing ! All they know is what DD told them
: that LV is reborn and he killed Cedric. Period. No details, no
first-hand testimony from Harry, no *nothing*. But when someone does
ask for more information, what does Harry do ? He refuses ! Smells of
guilt, sorry. I mean, what does he expect ? That people will read his
mind ??

Finwitch wrote :
"IMO, Harry has every right to get angry at Seamus. (more for Seamus'
mother, but I don't count Seamus as a completely innocent bystander in
this either.)"

Del replies :
Now now, you are the one condemning Seamus without proof now :-) How
do you know that he agreed with his mom to start with ? Remember how
things went : Seamus was confiding in Dean that he'd had a crappy
summer because his mom had wanted to stop him from coming back to
Hogwarts. And by the way, the fact that Seamus *did* come back to
Hogwarts is a proof that he fought her back. Then Harry arrives, and
Dean, not Seamus, spills the beans. Harry gets angry, and when Seamus
asks him for more information, Harry *insults his mother* !! I'm
sorry, but the whole blame lies on Harry's shoulders for how things
went. Seamus is in no way responsible for what his mother thinks, and
he *never* said that he agreed with her version. But Harry refused to
communicate and started insulting everyone. He acted like a pig on
that one, and if anything, only confirmed what Seamus's mom thought of
him. As much as I understand him, I still think that we should dare
putting the blame on his shoulders when he deserves it.

Del