Harry, Hermione, Sirius, and the Dream (was : What should Harry REALLY feel ...)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 116785



Finwitch wrote :
"1) the dream- much alike the dreams which were REAL, dreams that 
saved the life of Arthur Weasley, for instance - showed  Sirius being
 tortured. Taking into account what happened to Neville's parents, 
well..."

Del replies :
I immediately realised that the dream was fake, as soon as I read it.
It was so obvious to me that I couldn't figure out why Harry was
giving it any consideration, and I kept expecting him to realise that
it was a fake. There were just too many inconsistencies and
impossibilities. Apparently, Hermione saw that too.  If Harry had
*truly* listened to Hermione, she could have explained all of that to
him, and he would not have just run into the MoM without a plan or a
backup like he did.

Finwitch wrote :
"2) Hermione had disregarded her OWN idea, into which she had 
persuaded Harry - the DA club - just because Sirius supports it!"

Del replies :
You put the finger on something important there.
1. Harry values Sirius over Hermione. She's been there for him for 5
years, she's helped him faithfully, she's given him tons of sound
advice, she's never deserted him. But because she happens to mistrust
Sirius (with some good reason too), all of those things don't matter
anymore when it comes to Sirius. She's just biased, she just doesn't
like Sirius. Except that in this case, it was never about Sirius in
Hermione's mind, but about LV.
2. Harry has no *good* reason to think that Hermione loses her head
when it comes to Sirius. She *correctly* analysed Sirius's unconscious
desire to re-live the adventures of his school days through
Harry, no matter what the risk for Harry could be. This is precisely
why Hermione got so worried when Sirius supported the DA idea :
because Sirius doesn't care about Harry's safety as much as Hermione
does. Hermione doesn't lose her head when it comes to Sirius : Harry does.

Finwitch wrote :
" Nah - I think that if Harry hadn't run to Sirius' rescue, despite of
 what Hermione said - even if it was a trap - that would have been 
terribly WRONG of him."

Del replies :
I would personally use the word "smart", but that's just a personal
opinion.

Del