Excellent point. Harry has enough to deal with on his own, not the least of which being his own survival. It's a nice, romantic thought. But impractical.
Harry did play a major part in getting Remus to return, that's for sure. And I laud Harry's maturity in that instance. But he's still a kid. Let him BE a kid, for as long as he has left. Everyone else is already stealing his childhood from him by the truckload.
McGonagall would have been a good, solid choice, yes. Alas, everyone on this list is also on Voldemort's hit-list most of the time... So there's only so many arguments I can make in favor of safety for the kid. I just don't see Harry as a good candidate, not through any failing of him own, but because he is still so young. He's not James.
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Date: 2007-08-04 06:33 am (UTC)From:Harry did play a major part in getting Remus to return, that's for sure. And I laud Harry's maturity in that instance. But he's still a kid. Let him BE a kid, for as long as he has left. Everyone else is already stealing his childhood from him by the truckload.
McGonagall would have been a good, solid choice, yes. Alas, everyone on this list is also on Voldemort's hit-list most of the time... So there's only so many arguments I can make in favor of safety for the kid. I just don't see Harry as a good candidate, not through any failing of him own, but because he is still so young. He's not James.