What would dissapoint you about HBP? -- Grawp

[elady25]

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> Lupinlore asked:
> 
> >>  7) Seeing a great deal of Grawp.  >>

>snip
Bonnie:

> What was JKR's purpose in putting Grawp in the book?  I know JKR 
> said he would be back and would be much better behaved.  Oh dear!
> 
> Bonnie (maybe I'm prejudiced against giants)

I truly don't care for this section of the book either; I almost 
always skip the chapter "Hagrrid's Tale" in my rereads.  I can't say 
why, exactly; maybe because it seems to slow the action up, maybe 
because after the whole thing, Hagrid doesn't really have anything 
much to report (although I do like the parallel between him and a 
proselytizing missionary, where sometimes all you can do is sew 
seeds you hope will come to fruition some day).  If she brings Grawp 
back, I do hope he's made better use of.

On another note, phoenixgod2000 wrote:
"8. The thing that I most want to see Harry happy. I want a year
where Harry isn't helplessly watching as stuff piles up on him while
he has no recourse. I want an acknowledgement that Harry has done
and seen more than in a few years than most witches and wizards will
ever see in their entire lives and I want that reflected in the way
adults treat him. Nothing upset me more in ootp than when Harry was
being treated like he was an ordinary teenager when he is anything
but."

I would also like to see Harry happy, but I would like it to be an 
internal change.  A lot of what is uncomfortable for me in OOP is 
that he struggles sooooo much.  He really seems very close to the 
breaking point.  I would like to see him really refined by the 
fuller's fire, if you take my meaning; I would like to see him made 
strong and confident by is past challenges.  I am sure tough stuff 
will keep being thrown at him, but I hope he finds the strength 
within himslef to rise above it and have peace.  I want Harry to get 
to the place where he no longer cares about what anyone else says or 
does, where he just knows who he is, what his purpose is, and where 
he's going when he dies.  Because then it won't matter what the 
world throws at him, he's going to have the strenght to overcome it 
all.  He wouldn't be any kind of Christ figure, or even much of a 
hero, if he weren't willing and able to suffer anything and rise 
above it.  

imamommy
who realizes this post illustrates a lot of parellels between her 
religion and HP, and wonders if she should tell Hans that the series 
is actually based on Mormonism instead of Rosicrucianism. (J/K 
Hans :)