And it really irks me a lot.
Update: Man, I have gotten tons of great responses here and a lot of activity. The comments section turned out way better than Reddit. Thank you all! <3
Hey look, there it is again in the one I’m at now. Hermoine to Potter: “What’s wrong with your hand?” Potter: “Nothing.” (This was the Dolores torture). Hermoine actually finds out, which is refreshing. “You’ve got to tell Dumbledore.” Harry: “No. Dumbledore’s got enough on his mind right now.” Freaking stupid, Harry.
This “is anything happening?” “No, nothing.” exchange with Potter is constant in this series.
Dude the ball tops of my thigh bones were literally sliding off the bones (they failed to fuse for me) in middle school. I was limping and would have insane attacks if pain when they moved a fraction of a millimeter.
Parents, teachers, friends: what’s wrong? Me: nothing
Kids hiding bad things is the most real part.
Oh no no… I was the opposite. I was a whiny little bitch. Broke a finger nail? “Moooooooooom!!!”
Most kids don’t hide blatant injuries or health problems people are just trying to cope with bad writing.
Hate this fucking site it’s full of contrarian bullshit just like reddit
I cannot overstate how much not only does Harry do it every movie, but all the other characters as well.
“Kids hiding bad things is the most real part”.
You’re watching a story set from the kids point of view. We (the audience) aren’t privvy to what the adults/teachers are doing, just like the kids.
And from Harry’s perspective, he’s got a lot going on, and this is just “another removed teacher”. Keep in mind this is a Brit story - ask a Brit what their schooling was like (had some insightful discussions 20 years ago with my older Brit coworkers).
JK was what, 30-40 when she wrote this? So went to school in the 70’s.
Lol, I love the “removed” bot. It almost makes things taste better!