That's true but I don't think we ever got to see a Hogwarts graduation, unless they did one for Fred and George I honestly can't remember and I would have really liked to see what that was about. But yes it was nice to see all three grow up, well Hermione was already pretty grown up but she had to learn to bend every once in a while instead of just standing so ridging in her belief's.
**Oh and enthusiastic head nodding to the detention thing. Slipped my attention but you're so very right :)**
Well he wasn't very well going to punish, punish them when he knew very well it wasn't even the real sword so he gave them a good punishment. I'm sure there were other moments where he tried to ease for the kids when he could without giving himself away. Problem with it being from Harry's point of view is we only see what he sees.
I was reminded looking at icons about how hard he tried to protect the Trio in book three at the end and that he put himself at risk there. I think he actually enjoyed being a professor, as much as he could enjoy anything really given everything that had happened to him. And as much as he could he cared for the kids, all of the kids. He was hard on the kids most definitly but in a way to him life was hard and he might have thought that he needed to prepare the kids for that as well. (I think he was extra hard on Neville because he knew how great Neville's parents were and maybe some lingering residual Petunia issues but maybe I'm just looking for something there where I shouldn't.)
At work today I thought of another neat twist. The person that was finally completely honest with him, perhaps the most honest with him that anyone else throughout any of the books about the major events going on around him (Dumbeldore owned up in the end but only after everything was almost over and he had no other choice -- I should note that if I have Harry issues I have even greater issues with Dumbeldore), turned out to be the one that he'd trusted the least and hated the most. And Harry accepted that without a moments hesitation -- yes it was his memories but given all the other times that Harry doubted Snape in the past he didn't question it, not even once.
I definitly have to reread the whole series from start to finish now.
Yeah I read that and I agree that it does make Snape seem...I don't know different somehow and I'm not really a big Lily fan, but I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing for him to be a tragic anti-hero kind of character. I think it actually helps make him a more well-rounded character because he had a tendecy to be a little one-sided and all.
I agree that it did seem out of character for Harry at the end. But I think Harry probably would put a lot of stock in Snape showing him the truth, since Dumbeldore possibly lying to him being bad was a big theme of this book. And I think that it was used more as a way to show how much Harry had grown up and changed in the intermintent 19 years.
**Oh and enthusiastic head nodding to the detention thing. Slipped my attention but you're so very right :)**
Well he wasn't very well going to punish, punish them when he knew very well it wasn't even the real sword so he gave them a good punishment. I'm sure there were other moments where he tried to ease for the kids when he could without giving himself away. Problem with it being from Harry's point of view is we only see what he sees.
I was reminded looking at icons about how hard he tried to protect the Trio in book three at the end and that he put himself at risk there. I think he actually enjoyed being a professor, as much as he could enjoy anything really given everything that had happened to him. And as much as he could he cared for the kids, all of the kids. He was hard on the kids most definitly but in a way to him life was hard and he might have thought that he needed to prepare the kids for that as well. (I think he was extra hard on Neville because he knew how great Neville's parents were and maybe some lingering residual Petunia issues but maybe I'm just looking for something there where I shouldn't.)
At work today I thought of another neat twist. The person that was finally completely honest with him, perhaps the most honest with him that anyone else throughout any of the books about the major events going on around him (Dumbeldore owned up in the end but only after everything was almost over and he had no other choice -- I should note that if I have Harry issues I have even greater issues with Dumbeldore), turned out to be the one that he'd trusted the least and hated the most. And Harry accepted that without a moments hesitation -- yes it was his memories but given all the other times that Harry doubted Snape in the past he didn't question it, not even once.
I definitly have to reread the whole series from start to finish now.
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I agree that it did seem out of character for Harry at the end. But I think Harry probably would put a lot of stock in Snape showing him the truth, since Dumbeldore possibly lying to him being bad was a big theme of this book. And I think that it was used more as a way to show how much Harry had grown up and changed in the intermintent 19 years.
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