Oh definitely - I would expect Harry to want some kind of discussion with his head teacher, since the trial determines his school career, but Dumbledore's later explanation about how Voldie could have suspected that their relationship wasn't the usual one of pupil and teacher? I've no doubt Voldie knows everything Lucius Malfoy knows, and he like his son, describes Harry as 'Dumbledore's favourite'. Is there some deeper meaning to their relationship than this that I'm not seeing? And don't even get me started on the 'resolution' to poor ickle Harry not being Prefect (oh lord, that chapter's approaching, isn't it? *hides*) While I think OotP was probably the most 'mature' of JKR's books, which counts for something, I guess, stylistically it's one of the least subtle, imho, and all the anvils about Angry!Harry and Super!Ginny don't help.
I miss the Malfoy dreams too! *kicks JKR* And we were due for one, if you follow the odd numbers pattern. A lot of fic writers explored the idea that Harry may be jealous/angered by Draco being related to Sirius - after all, it's presumably something Harry himself would want; and the idea of, as you put it, 'all roads lead to Malfoy' is pretty inescapable and claustrophobic. But in canon, whomph! Hardly anything. Of course, Harry isn't known for his introspection...
I also liked that Harry didn't say anything - like a lot of OotP, it kind of puts a pin in Fanon!Harry, who's truly offended by prejudice of all kinds. Not that I think Harry's evil or anything, just that he isn't affected by, for example, the Slytherin's taunting Hermione over her 'race' on anywhere near the same level as he is them taunting him. Fanon!Harry loathes the ideology of Slytherin, whereas Canon!Harry doesn't seem to have considered it all.
I've no doubt Voldie knows everything Lucius Malfoy knows, and he like his son, describes Harry as 'Dumbledore's favourite'.
Is there some deeper meaning to their relationship than this that I'm not seeing?
And don't even get me started on the 'resolution' to poor ickle Harry not being Prefect (oh lord, that chapter's approaching, isn't it? *hides*)
While I think OotP was probably the most 'mature' of JKR's books, which counts for something, I guess, stylistically it's one of the least subtle, imho, and all the anvils about Angry!Harry and Super!Ginny don't help.
I miss the Malfoy dreams too! *kicks JKR* And we were due for one, if you follow the odd numbers pattern.
A lot of fic writers explored the idea that Harry may be jealous/angered by Draco being related to Sirius - after all, it's presumably something Harry himself would want; and the idea of, as you put it, 'all roads lead to Malfoy' is pretty inescapable and claustrophobic.
But in canon, whomph! Hardly anything. Of course, Harry isn't known for his introspection...
I also liked that Harry didn't say anything - like a lot of OotP, it kind of puts a pin in Fanon!Harry, who's truly offended by prejudice of all kinds. Not that I think Harry's evil or anything, just that he isn't affected by, for example, the Slytherin's taunting Hermione over her 'race' on anywhere near the same level as he is them taunting him.
Fanon!Harry loathes the ideology of Slytherin, whereas Canon!Harry doesn't seem to have considered it all.
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