Harry & Seamus.

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 115593



Finwitch,

I understand everything you're trying to say. But what I'm trying to
explain is that Seamus acted in a perfectly normal way, while Harry
did not ! Now, Harry has all the reasons in the world for reacting
strangely, I totally agree with that, but do you really expect
15-year-old Seamus to realise that ?? Do you really expect Seamus to
realise that when Harry insults his mother, it's only because he's
identifying his mother to the Dursleys ?? Do you really expect Seamus
to figure out that if Harry doesn't give him more details, it's
because he subconsciously expects Seamus not to believe him anyway
because nobody ever did ?? *We* can figure those things out maybe,
because we've been spending the last 4 years inside Harry's head, but
Seamus hasn't, and all he sees is that Harry's behaviour is exactly
what the Daily Prophet says it is : irrational. And if anyone is to
change that impression, it's *Harry*, not Seamus and the rest of the
world. It's unfair, I agree, but that's the way it is. Only somebody's
friends can understand why somebody is acting weirdly and accept it,
but the rest fo the world won't accept it, no matter how justified the
behaviour is. That's a rule : to be accepted, you have to conform. If
Harry keeps acting oddly, he will keep pushing people away, maybe even
his own friends. Just look at DD : as long as he didn't shock people
too much, his odd behaviour was looked upon nicely. But as soon as he
started saying things that people didn't want to hear, he became a
crackpot.

It's not fair, for sure, but then it's not fair for Seamus and the
rest of the world to suffer Harry's anger just because he reacts
differently than other people to what normal people do.

Del