Harry's anger (was Re: Draco's anger)

[AyanEva]

No: HPFGUIDX 121983




AyanEva wrote: 

Harry's rush of anger always strikes me
as odd and almost out of place. 
 

Eggplant responded:

I was just surprised Harry didn't get angry much sooner.In the last 
5 years at school 3 of Harry's teachers had tried to kill him <snip>


AyanEva says now: 

Yes, but I'm only referring to the context of that particular moment,
not cumulative. And that's another reason why I was suprised at Harry;
he hasn't thrown a tantrum yet despite everything that he's been
through, but when he does get angry, it's at a very odd moment.
Nothing out of the ordinary was occuring, yet he inwardly flies off
the handle. That and I still can't figure out why he blames Snape for
Sirius' death. I'm of the opinion that it was actually Harry's fault,
in a round about sort of way (forgetting the mirrors, getting suckered
in by the dream, charging recklessly into the MOM). But as one who
likes to visit the 'Prince of Lies' wearing my FEATHERBOA, while
begging for 'Mercy,' I may be biased in favor of Snape. *ducks things
thrown at her by Sirius fans*
 

AyanEva originally said:

What if it's Voldemort feeling a rush of
anger and hatred towards Snape, but again,
Harry's unable to distinguish b/w his own 
emotions and Voldemort's? 


Egglpant responds:

There is another reason I don't think your theory is correct, the
theory that Harry's bad mood is due to Voldemort messing directly 
with his mind; it just wouldn't make a very interesting story if
his anger and grief turned out to be Voldemort pulling strings. 
Canned grief in a tragedy is as unworthy as canned laughter in a 
comedy. 

AyanEva now answers: 

I agree, but I never said that every negative emotion that Harry feels
is influenced by Voldemort. I'm still only referring to this one
particular moment in time, in light of what happened previously. I'm
not questioning the source of his moodiness throughout the entire book
(not in this post anyway!). Like I said before, it would seem a bit
repitative to use the Voldemort thing more than once, but it could
make things very interesting regarding the relationship b/w Harry and
Professor Snape. I'd really like to see what happens b/w those two, 

Eggplant says:

I think at some point in the next 2 books it will all
starts to become too much and Harry will come very close to turning 
evil; he will certainly be tempted. It would be far more interesting 
than another Voldemort mind trick, and that's why I think Rowling 
will make it happen. 

AyanEva responds:

Why not tempted!Harry (<--- can I do that?) AND a Voldemort trick?
Voldie's been a bit unconvincing as a supervillian thus far, he needs
to do something to spice it up a bit. I don't see why there wouldn't
be another Voldie mind trick, the red-eyed creep certainly hasn't gone
away. And how long can Harry keep him shoved out w/ Love anyway? He
wasn't loving much of anything by the end of the school year. I don't
think JK would have the mind connection play such a huge role and then
never use it again.

I think I'm gettin' the hang of this posting thing! :-D

AyanEva