Wow. Thanks. This is why someone should post WIPs-- for good questions like this.
Honestly, I've thought for a while now that JKR's version of how Harry became so "good" was contrived at best. There's no way such a child could have grown up as kind and decent as this boy is. Your idea is a better explanation than anything I've seen or could come up with.
As Harry comes of age just a few weeks after where we are now in the story, I don't plan on having him take another 16 or so years to grow up again. But I do plan to address the first childhood and have people try to make this one a little better.
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Date: 2008-01-27 05:20 am (UTC)Honestly, I've thought for a while now that JKR's version of how Harry became so "good" was contrived at best. There's no way such a child could have grown up as kind and decent as this boy is. Your idea is a better explanation than anything I've seen or could come up with.
As Harry comes of age just a few weeks after where we are now in the story, I don't plan on having him take another 16 or so years to grow up again. But I do plan to address the first childhood and have people try to make this one a little better.