Harry & Seamus.

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 115621



Del,
> 
> 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 ??

Finwitch:

Of course not. Even Harry doesn't realise all that, since all that 
psychological interpretation is done subconciously. Everyone 
interprets the world from a subjective view, developed from 
experiences of the past.

All in the dorm are 15-year-old boys with different backgrounds, 
acting as can be expected. (Although, I still think Neville does 
better than they do).

Still, innocent often don't even know what happened, (Harry&GoF; 
Harry&MrsNorris), presume that everyone knows how things were 
(Harry&Justin. Harry was calling the Snake OFF Justin) and even if 
they witnessed the actual event, whole thing happens so fast they 
don't realise it until it's over - and there's the shock-effect as 
well.

One can not expect anyone to prove being innocent.

BTW, as the simplest explanation for Cedric's death if one doesn't 
believe Voldemort is that Harry killed Cedric and lied about it (or 
the Headmaster lies about it for him)...

I think while Harry usually finds it unthinkable that anyone could 
even consider the possibility that he's a murderer (as with Justin 
and Draco's snake). However, it is obvious to him that if they don't 
believe that Voldemort's back, they're accusing *him* for killing 
Cedric. And Harry's deeply offended that his classmate even considers 
the possibility that he's killed someone.

How about all those occasions when Harry was defending/helping 
Neville, BTW? Like fetching Neville's Remembrall after Malfoy 
snatched it? Or staying behind in order to help Neville out of the 
trap-stair?

Finwitch