Innocent Albus? (was RE: Why should Harry...)

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 122803


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...> 
wrote:

Lupinlore said:
>When JKR speaks of DD she is speaking about the "epitome of 
>goodness" that exists in her mind, NOT about the figure that exists 
>in her books, for whom the title "epitome of goodness" often seems 
>rather inappropriate.


Tonks replies:
I understand the difficulty of taking what you have in your mind and 
putting it on paper in such a way as to convey what you really mean. 
However, I do not think that JKR has a problem with that. I see DD 
as the *epitome of goodness*. I see his as a very wise, very saintly 
figure, so she conveyed her meaning to me. 

Lupinlore said:
>But, back to the redemptive scenario for Alby. Here's how one such
>sequence might play out, starting from Harry's arrival at Hogwarts:

>Albus knows that Harry lacks adult emotional support of the kind a
>parent would provide. (SNIP)
>The two obvious adults to "bring in" as a kind of support structure
>for Harry would be Sirius and/or Remus. (Snip)


Tonks replies:
I don't think for one moment that DD is concerned with providing a 
parental figure for Harry.  Harry is coming of age.  He has had his 
parent figures (FLAWED that they be) and it is time for him to move 
out into the world. DD is there and Harry turns to him when needed.  
Harry does get emotional support from Hagrid, as an adult friend. 
Harry is not a whimpering little boy that needs a mother to cling 
to. True at one point in GoF he gets the emotional comforting that 
he needs from Molly. That was very appropriate since Harry had been 
through a very traumatic situation. But for the most part Harry is 
strong and able to cope.  Like most children his age his peer group 
is his main support.  

Lupinlore:
>But, the events of the first year prove that Albus has indulged his
>usual (but lovable) flaw of being too optimistic. Harry just isn't
>ready to trust anyone, even someone so positive toward him as 
Hagrid.


Tonks here:
I disagree. Optimism is not a flaw. And Harry DOES trust. He trust 
Hagrid and DD. He trusts his new friends.  Harry is not lacking in 
basic trust. 


Lupinlore said:
>Year Four is brittle and somewhat desperate. (Snip) By now DD is in 
>a state of panic. Not only has he singularly failed to provide an 
>appropriate emotional support system for Harry, Harry is himself in 
clear danger.


Tonks replies:

OH GIVE ME A BREAK!  DD is not *in a state of panic*.  DD is always 
confident, and optimistic (as you have said yourself).  And I don't 
think that with DD around that Harry is ever in as much danger as we 
all think. I think that DD watches over Harry pretty well. 

Tonks_op
(Wand still out and pointed>>>>>)