TBAY: What Harry "knows", (Was: Why we'll get no further revelations ...)

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 169893


> Sherry:
> Did you forget about Draco in HBP?  Because Harry had a gut feeling,
and he
> was sure right!  It's the turning point, where Harry is right, and now
> nobody will believe him, instead of the tired boring, Harry is
always wrong.
> it's time for Harry, the *hero* to be right.
> 


colebiancardi:

Harry is always willing to suspect Draco - they've been at each other
since the beginning.  He notices that Draco drops out of Quidditch,
that Draco is becoming pale and withdrawn, that Draco is acting in a
secretive manner.  Also, Harry did spy on Draco on the train to
Hogwarts, so he "knew" something was up with Draco, due to the
conversation that Draco had with his cronies.  If it wasn't for that,
I don't know if Harry would have tailed Draco with such determination
thru-out the year.

If you are referring to Draco's last stand, where Harry *knew* that
Draco wasn't going to kill DD, again, Harry observed the wavering and
the lowering of the wand.  The DE's then entered, so we will never
*know* if Harry was correct in that observation (although I believe he
was), but again, that wasn't a gut feeling - he saw Draco's actions.

The reason why I like Harry - despite all the times he is wrong, he
still manages to get the job done.  Although, it seems, that his some
of his actions in one book opens up another can of worms that keeps us
thru the series - such as saving Wormtail from the hands of Sirius and
Remus.

colebiancardi