How do the books affect children? (was: Why down on all the characters?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 179621

Carol:
Unless some particular event or Prophet article calls attention to
Harry, most of the students are so used to him that he's just another
student or, at most, an excellent Quidditch player whose popularity or
unpopularity depends on whether the other student is a Gryffindor or a
member of a rival House.
 
Carol, noting that surviving an AK when you're a baby makes you a
phenomenon but it doesn't necessarily equate to being the future
savior of the WW, which, for the first five books at least, doesn't
even know that it's in jeopardy
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Steph:
Carol, I didn't read your response to a_svirn until I wrote mine, but
you and I practically said exactly the same things to all those
points.  I think this happened in the DH Ch. 8 discussion as well!