Interesting ideas, definitely. I think there is a parallel with the pensieve scene, but also a big difference. When Harry sees Snape being bullied and doing his best to fight his attackers, he sees himself as Snape. He's been in that position.
When he sees Draco I think he's partly shocked because it is so far out of his experience. He can connect to what Draco must be feeling, but not to showing it that way and making himself that vulnerable. Harry wouldn't cry in a bathroom where anyone could walk in, he keeps his feelings deeper than that. Or not deeper, exactly, but with different ones on the surface. Um, I kind of hope you know what I mean there, because I didn't express it very well.
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Date: 2006-12-10 02:52 pm (UTC)When he sees Draco I think he's partly shocked because it is so far out of his experience. He can connect to what Draco must be feeling, but not to showing it that way and making himself that vulnerable. Harry wouldn't cry in a bathroom where anyone could walk in, he keeps his feelings deeper than that. Or not deeper, exactly, but with different ones on the surface. Um, I kind of hope you know what I mean there, because I didn't express it very well.