he just can't handle that and the revelations about his parents and his empathy with snape all at once... he retreats; he lashes out. but i firmly believe that the understanding is still there, under the surface, and their relationship will become even more... entangled... in future books.
Yes, I fully agree here. But - and this is what I mean by saying he falls back into the old patterns - Rowling doesn't let him change with respect to Snape. Possibly not yet. Possibly never. However, the possibility that there is understanding for Snape dawning in Harry is not what Rowling shows us - she merely indicates it, providing the basis for an understaning, but it's the fandom which carries the idea further.
This is exactly the situation I'd compare with what happened with Sirius and Severus: there was definitely potential at the end of GoF for their mutual hatred to subside. "You're both on the same side now" and all this. They've been both fucked by life and in GoF their both lives were at a turning point. However, Rowling didn't explore this potential. I fear, she might neglect Harry and Snape, too.
last of all remus. note that he still calls him Lupin in his mind, and the lack of interaction between those two in general.
There is not much interaction, but Harry instinctively refers to Remus' guidance at the beginning of OotP. Okay, this might be because between Mad-Eye Moody and a bunch of completely strangers, Lupin is the lesser evil, but poor Harry's entire life is basically all about choosing lesser evils... I don't think Rowling will have Remus take over the part of Harry's father figure, but it is certainly something a part of the fandom wishes for.
charming, brilliant, brave, ruthless. [...] kind of like if sirius wrote a novel, subtitled "I Am So Cool." ^_^
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Date: 2004-03-13 05:45 am (UTC)Yes, I fully agree here. But - and this is what I mean by saying he falls back into the old patterns - Rowling doesn't let him change with respect to Snape. Possibly not yet. Possibly never. However, the possibility that there is understanding for Snape dawning in Harry is not what Rowling shows us - she merely indicates it, providing the basis for an understaning, but it's the fandom which carries the idea further.
This is exactly the situation I'd compare with what happened with Sirius and Severus: there was definitely potential at the end of GoF for their mutual hatred to subside. "You're both on the same side now" and all this. They've been both fucked by life and in GoF their both lives were at a turning point. However, Rowling didn't explore this potential. I fear, she might neglect Harry and Snape, too.
last of all remus. note that he still calls him Lupin in his mind, and the lack of interaction between those two in general.
There is not much interaction, but Harry instinctively refers to Remus' guidance at the beginning of OotP. Okay, this might be because between Mad-Eye Moody and a bunch of completely strangers, Lupin is the lesser evil, but poor Harry's entire life is basically all about choosing lesser evils... I don't think Rowling will have Remus take over the part of Harry's father figure, but it is certainly something a part of the fandom wishes for.
charming, brilliant, brave, ruthless. [...] kind of like if sirius wrote a novel, subtitled "I Am So Cool." ^_^
Yay! Uber-cool!Sirius! He's so irresistible!