Feel free to critique. In this case, I don't particularly agree with the criticism, but I'm not going to insult you or anything, and I wouldn't let anyone do so, either.
I do think that a lot of Harry's experiences are ones that, on their own, wouldn't produce the effect they do. However, added together, along with the experience of essentially committing murder, and the eighteenth year at Hogwarts, which, as described earlier in the story, is one of absolutely no privacy for Harry and the beginning of his use of glamours and disguises...yeah, together they would bear down on him. And he couldn't tell people about them and get support for exactly the reason you mention: he was afraid they would seem small and petty to anyone else. I don't think he's right to have taken the solution he did, but I also don't think he could or should simply have snapped out of it. He's acting irrationally, so he couldn't really think rationally, either.
Harry did indeed lie to his friends, and is responsible for that part of the damage to his relationship with Ron and Hermione. On the other hand, Hermione didn't know he was about to erase himself from existence, so that wasn't part of her motive for fetching the Healers. If she had known, leaving him alone while she went to fetch the Healers would have been a really stupid idea. She mainly thinks the idea of his having hundreds of personas is crazy in itself. Again, it's definitely not normal, but in this case, what Hermione did was wrong because of factors outside her knowledge and control. Harry, as he sees it, had his first explanation rejected, so he's not really in the mood to offer another one right now. And Hermione also has to wonder if maybe Harry was lying in the first place. I don't think Harry is completely right, and I don't think Hermione is completely right, either.
Glad to hear you'll still be reading. I do welcome thoughtful critique.
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Date: 2008-06-17 03:49 am (UTC)I do think that a lot of Harry's experiences are ones that, on their own, wouldn't produce the effect they do. However, added together, along with the experience of essentially committing murder, and the eighteenth year at Hogwarts, which, as described earlier in the story, is one of absolutely no privacy for Harry and the beginning of his use of glamours and disguises...yeah, together they would bear down on him. And he couldn't tell people about them and get support for exactly the reason you mention: he was afraid they would seem small and petty to anyone else. I don't think he's right to have taken the solution he did, but I also don't think he could or should simply have snapped out of it. He's acting irrationally, so he couldn't really think rationally, either.
Harry did indeed lie to his friends, and is responsible for that part of the damage to his relationship with Ron and Hermione. On the other hand, Hermione didn't know he was about to erase himself from existence, so that wasn't part of her motive for fetching the Healers. If she had known, leaving him alone while she went to fetch the Healers would have been a really stupid idea. She mainly thinks the idea of his having hundreds of personas is crazy in itself. Again, it's definitely not normal, but in this case, what Hermione did was wrong because of factors outside her knowledge and control. Harry, as he sees it, had his first explanation rejected, so he's not really in the mood to offer another one right now. And Hermione also has to wonder if maybe Harry was lying in the first place. I don't think Harry is completely right, and I don't think Hermione is completely right, either.
Glad to hear you'll still be reading. I do welcome thoughtful critique.