[HPforGrownups] Handwriting (WAS:Re: CHAPDISC, HBP 10)

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 148755


On Friday, February 24, 2006, at 06:42 PM, zeldaricdeau wrote:

> zeldaricdeau now:
>
> I often wonder if Harry did recognize the writing on a subconcious
> level but by the time he did was so enamored of the Prince as a
> friend and mentor that the recognition only came subconciously. His
> concious mind may simply have ignored the information because the
> meaning wasn't something Harry wanted to accept: that the person he
> admired and who was helping him was Snape. This is similar to what I
> believe you are saying kchuplis? Please, correct me if I am wrong.

kchuplis:

What I thought, but with a spin. I really meant that, well, kids just 
don't recognize things they see for what they are many times. I will 
say that Hermione might be the one I expect to recognize it. Then 
again, another thought is, I know my handwriting can look VERY 
different, plus, it has definitely undergone a change from when I was 
16 to when I am 40. I don't know if it is a girl thing for the most 
part (although, I currently know a high school boy who has been 
obsessed with his handwriting and improving it, also learning 
copperplate and Spencerian, so maybe not) but I used to practice 
different ways of writing and even now, my writing is something that I 
still work on evolving. I don't know, I just find that this is not so 
stunning to me as other things Harry has missed. I find it more than 
natural he might not make the connection.