Biggest DH dissapointment

[marion11111]

No: HPFGUIDX 180401


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> > marion11111:> 
> > But even before DH, I was baffled by the lack of information given to 
> Harry about Lily. 
> > Whatever happened to Lily's girlfriends?  No godmother for Harry?  I 
> guess it had to be that 
> > way to make the story work, but it seemed odd.
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> Potioncat:
> JKR explained that the baptism (did they call it that?) was rushed. 
> Perhaps none of her friends could be told the secret location.

marion11111:
I also considered that perhaps joining the Order requires a person to cut all ties with 
outsiders.  James got to keep his friends because they joined too.  Again, before DH, I 
speculated that Lily worked in the Dept. Of Mysteries and would have had co-worker 
friends, but if they all just lived off James' money (didn't JKR say that recently?) that would 
isolate them even before going into hiding.

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> Any way, DD did a pretty good job of taking Harry out of the WW for all 
> those years, then he was away at Hogwarts. Who would have the 
> opportunity to contact him? 
> 

marion11111:
I was thinking other mothers of students might approach him at the train and say they 
knew Lily and how missed she was or families would certainly discuss the famous Harry 
Potter (especially that first year) during vacations and you'd think someone would come 
back to school and say "My mum remembers your mum and she said your mum was really 
smart or popular or nice or something."  But, as you say, the WW does operate differently.   
And that kind of scene just takes up pages and doesn't advance the story.

> The WW is a secretive place--something that was noticed long before DH. 
>

marion11111:
And Hogwarts under Dumbledore is even more so.  

> The bit that caught my attention was James's and Lily's graves and the 
> great monument and the protected destroyed house. What a WW tourist 
> attraction and no one ever mentioned it to Harry!
>

marion11111:
yes, I raised my eyebrows at the one, too.  Young teens aren't always tactful and someone 
could easily have blurted out "Oh, you're Harry Potter?!  We saw the House At Godric's 
Hollow last year when we visited my cousins!"