I whole heartedly support whodoesntcare . Probably I am wasting my time here but I’ll go on hoping 1 thing- someday someone with brains will stumble upon this and realize who makes sense, and Gia, thumbs up to you.
1. Told you, drop this one already. B/c you wont realize that every fairy tale , Aeshops fables, and most of \what passes as literature has flaws. If you don’t understand why the first novel of an author is allowed to have flaws, you understand nothing at all. Criticize all you want, it wont change the fact that it was the 1st novel, a fairy tale retold, a lot changed in the following ones.
2. Quidditch is a little similar ,but a lot different from Football. Seeker has EXACTLY 1 job, catching the snitch, he does not need team collaboration for winning ,yes , but all the seeker need is good reflexes, speed and swiftness, all of which Harry had from dodging Dudly for 10 years..(training enough eh?)
3. Now I get it. You are whining because is was said in the books Harry and co made Gryffindor victorious, and you think no one can say that for sure. Hmm .Exactly. everyone matters but consider this- 1st book you say you know what happened, 2nd book Harry –Ron secured 200 points near the very end for special services, 3rd yr, quidditch victory secured 1st pos for gryffindor after that, house cup lost importance because of more pressing matters. Thus, in conclusion, we can say surely that Harry was important in winning the house cup
4. Ok ,now every one who relates to Harry are dochebags. Brilliant. You wanna know stuff Harry did that he regretted? Causing Sirius’s death, Sectumsempra-ing Draco , he also blames himself for Cedric’s death . Nobody in the Wizarding world knew for certain what exactly Harry did before his final duel in book 7. All stories about him were rumours, besides Hermy and Ron,only the readers saw Harry at his full glory. The so called “abusive “ family, Killing off every parent figue,near death experience every year, finally life of a fugitive isn’t enough shit for you? Harry had the freedom to choose free will, or step up to his fate, his destiny. He could have easily said f you, and transfer to China or Australlia, he didn’t you know why? B/c it is“the
difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the
arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose
between the two ways, but Dumbledore
knew — and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce
pride, and so did my parents — that there was all the difference in the world.” The inability to understand this stanza equals inability o understand entire EFFING HARRY POTTER SERIES. So what is he to you? Typical hero or everyday douche bag? I’m confused apparently so are you.
5. Great. I see you fail to say anything about all the characters who gave a damn about harry. Probably you didn’t even read that part.
6. YAAAAY back to our favorite topic. Yes yes and yes these categorizes as abuse in the modern west, but definitely not where I live, or even in West before a mere 15-20 years ago. These are very basic grade A offences. You do maintain Harry is a jerk right? Then how are these for Abuse issues? Extreme curiosity,poking nose every where as Dursleys never allowed his questions, anger issues ,insensitivity (ask Cho, hermione and Ron)scare for physical relations as he never had hugs and kisses from his family, awkward around girls, hatred for authority figures ,The first book features Harry at his new “school,” becoming obsessed with a mirror, where he spends endless days imagining his perfect parents. Dumbledore, the paragon of surrogate love, warns Harry that the mirror has driven people insane, because spending all your time in fantasy causes you to become unmoored to the real world., No friends outsde of his house/year/similar status(Luna), full trust in anyone who shows love like Quirell, fake mmody landing him in trouble too often, breaking rules as the dursrleys repressed him so much, Sirius’s death from his martyr complex,and an urge to prove his worth as the Durseleys constantly belittled him? Want more? And abuse doesn’t work the way you think it does. Here’s a chart for you ;1-4 no understanding of the abuse 5-6 awe ,anger and desperation, 7-8 belief that someday ,somewhere a fairytale ending waits for him,9-12 realization that’s not happening. While the teenage years mainly seals the character of a person. Match this to Harry.
7. your wish. The report cards records grades,not marks noway to say who got more .Dumbo. Things Ron are better than harry @ He is a better friend, didn’t leave Harry’s side in 1st and 2nd books when others doubted him ,while the two times ron had disagreement with Harry, Harry sulked and acted like a baby instead of trying to understand his side.@ 12 year old ron faced his greatest fear spiders so as to accompany Harry. It was basically death for him. Harry showed this kinda courage only when he was 17 ,walking into the arms of invading death. other times he jumped into stuff without knowing what was in store.@ He didn’t give up easily in spite of not being an instant success like Harry, he trained and trained till he became a quidditch star @ he usually tried to logically and coolly calm Harry down when he was Throwing temper tantrums@ he had superior knowledge of the wizarding world. I’ll add more if I can think of those