[ SECRET POST #3590 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3590 ⌋

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Comments

[soldatsasha]

Haha, Harry is one of my fav characters from the book but I definitely get why he's frustrating to some people. The thing is, though, that sort of inaction is actually REALLY COMMON in kids from the sort of abusive/dangerous situations Harry's in. I recognize basically his entire mindset both from personal experience and a lot of the 'troubled' kids I grew up with.

When you're punished simply for existing, you become very good at pretending to not exist, and this most often takes the form of never doing anything. It starts with obvious things, like being afraid to ask for permission to go on a fieldtrip (or visit Hogsmeade). But then it bleeds over into shit like perpetually procrastinating on schoolwork, or knowing you should look for a summer job or learn some sweet hexes. At a certain point kids like him get to the point where they have nearly no frame of reference for actually living, because they spend so much time being totally passive.

You know the kids in school who sat silently at the back of the class and never talked or did any work? That's Harry without Hogwarts.

[dancing_serpent]

This so much! I started reading HP when I was already in my twenties, and it was uncanny to me how much overlap in behaviour and mindset there was with my own experiences growing up.