Harry shouldn't see Thestrals

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 121785


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Metylda <bamf505 at y...> wrote:

bboyminn:
> <edit>
> > I think you don't have to have seen /dying/, you
> > have to have seen
> > /death/ to see the Thestral. You have to have seen
> > and deal with the
> > death of a person, but not necessarily having to see
> > the actual
> > death/dying itself.

bamf:
> I agree with Steve, mainly because that would also
> explain why Harry hasn't seen them before.  He was
> present when his parents dies, however, he was too
> young to really have to deal with it.  He's grown up
> without knowing his parents, so their loss is not felt
> as much as having competed against Cedric in the TWT
> and for Cho.  

Geoff:
Like most threads, history goes in a circle and they have been 
discussed in one form or another before.

There are two occasions I can pin down in my personal archive where 
we've talked about Thestrals and where there may be relevant comment.

A thread "Hagrid and Thestrals" beginning at message 76806, 
also "Thestrals and seeing death" which began at message 80944.

It might be of interest to read them through.