DD and Harry in Book VI, what you do and don't want to see

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Barmaid now:
> Why are these either/or kinds of issues?  Why does Harry have to 
> *either* deal with all his grief *or* step up and do his part 
> to "save the world"?????  I find it particularly puzzling that the 
> camp of "Harry having to take time to deal with his personal 
> troubles" is often portrayed as *realism* while the "step up and 
> fulfill his role in the world" view is slated as the *fantasy* or 
> fairytale nature of the story.  It seems to me that in *reality* 
> people rarely have the luxury of just disengaging from their 
> responsibilities and sorting out their *issues*... at least in my 
> little corner of so called reality this seems to be true.  I think 
> we will see a complex blend of *silliness & insipidity* (well said 
> SSSusan!) and some heart wrenching hard times for our hero.  I 
> think Alla is right that it may well take Harry years to deal with 
> all his grief, and we will never see most of those years from JKR's 
> perspective (thank god for fan fiction!).  But while he is working 
> all of that out he will still have to fulfill his role in the world.
> 
> Please know I am saying all of this with a smile on my face and 
> with no malice for any opinion that differs from mine.  Really.  

SSSusan:
Absolutely!  This is exactly what I meant, even if I didn't state it 
well.  I think Harry *may* have a period -- a fairly short period of 
a few months -- where he's pissed at DD or is skeptical about 
trusting him & following his instructions.  Or it may be something 
which resurfaces now & again over time.  Both would be totally 
believable & understandable, imo.  

OTOH, I think that Harry, being the Harry we've seen so far, *will* 
do exactly what you've said, Barmaid -- disengage from his "issues" 
in order to address the reality he's facing.  This is not, under 
ordinary circumstances, a necessarily wise thing to do, but the fact 
is, these are NOT ordinary circumstances.  

This is WHY I've said I think Harry will set aside his own concerns 
to a degree in order to work for the greater good, and WHY I've 
argued that he should find a way to work w/ Snape (if he has to) and 
WHY I've argued that standing up to DJU, esp. after McGonagall's 
warning, wasn't a very smart thing to do.  All of these tie into one 
thing:  These are NOT ordinary times.  

If Voldy *weren't* back, if VWII *hadn't* begun, I would encourage:  
1) anyone like Harry to go right ahead & work on all those issues 
now; 2) anyone in Harry or Neville's situation to consider several 
options for what to do about The Snape Problem; and 3) anyone like 
Harry to have stood up to DJU and let her have it for her lies and 
refusal to believe him and her inhumane punishment.  But all of that 
is set aside for me, I'm afraid, when the stakes are this high.  Once 
the war is over, by all means, I'd handle each of these situations 
differently than I'm "advising" Harry to handle them now.

Siriusly Snapey Susan