Oh, Harry...
It's been a few days since I finished my marathon HP reading. I listened to Stephen Fry's version of Goblet of Fire, Order of The Phoenix and Half Blood Prince and Jim Dale's version of Deathly Hallows. Jim Dale has this old lady way of saying 'Sorry' which Harry, Hermione and Ron keep saying throughout DH, and 'Oh, Harry...', which Hermione says
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I also expected Harry to try to step up to the plate or get Hermione to do it.
Hermione going on to great things I could totally see. I just never got the impression that Harry was really capable of stepping up to the plate. I can buy him as a good Auror, but not really anything more. That's one thing that got me about the novels, was that I never really felt like Harry did much worth noting on his own. And yes, I know he often admits as much, but if it hadn't been for this magical connection to Voldemort (which really anyone might have gotten) he would have been largely useless.
Peaking at 17 would be a little sad for our heroes.
Yeah, and despite the epilogue I think that might be the case. Like a child star, only Harry managed to deal with it and go on to live a normal life relatively out of the spotlight. Actually, for Hermione all of it was probably just a beginning, and I can see it being an opportunity for Ron to break out from under Harry's shadow as well. But Harry, well he's no Dumbledore to have gone on to make exciting new discoveries and whatnot, so I still kind of feel like he mostly peaked.
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Nods. Yes, I got the same impression.I would have liked to see Dumbledore's legacy being picked up but it's going to have to be Hermione or the kids.
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