Bathroom Scene - A Different Perspective

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No: HPFGUIDX 165164

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "horridporrid03" 
<horridporrid03 at ...> wrote:
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> Betsy Hp:
> It doesn't.  But it's not like Harry misses an opportunity.  Draco 
> and Harry do have a history, one that includes Harry hurting Draco. 
> (Which is why, I'm sure, the staff don't question the whys and 
> wherefores.  This is nothing new.)  Just as Draco is interested in 
> making Harry suffer, Harry is interested in seeing Draco suffer.  
> They both pull spells for enemies as taught to them by their 
mentors.

Quick_Silver:
But on one level that isn't true...at least not from my reading of 
HBP. The rest of the staff have no idea that Snape and Dumbledore are 
allowing Draco to stay in the school despite knowing that he's behind 
the attacks on Dumbledore. When Harry walks in on Draco, Draco isn't 
simply crying he's discussing Voldemort threatening his 
family...information that most of the staff are not privy to. Even 
the nature of the crime scene is different then the typical Harry vs. 
Draco method of operation...Draco and Harry usually fight in public 
with their friends providing support/cannon fodder. So in my mind the 
history of Harry vs. Draco is more of a distraction to the staff 
judging the event. 

> Betsy Hp:
> If Harry *just* wanted to stop Draco, he'd have used a familiar 
> defensive spell.  Instead he goes for the "enemies" spell.  Part of 
> it was to use as a counter, I agree.  But part of him must have 
> wanted Draco to suffer as an enemy should suffer.  Otherwise, why 
the 
> guilt?  Why not point out the self-defense reason?

Quick_Silver:
I actually agree with what you're saying here (about Harry wanting to 
hurt Draco) but I think that even if Harry had been totally in the 
right feeling guilt is a good thing. IMO if Harry were able to shut 
down his feeling of the guilt of messy handling of Draco then his 
world would still be very black and white. 

Quick_Silver