Does it help if I say that, in my head, James sees the book again a few years later and, having learnt a bit more by then, gets it for him. And Remus has learnt a bit more too by then, so accepts it! (Albeit protestingly;))
I never know what to do for the best in those situations and it makes me sad.
As someone who has been in both positions myself - being the one with the money and not - it is one of those horrible dilemnas. You so want to help, but you so want to do it without offending or embarrassing the person concerned. I'm not sure 'sensitive' would be James' middle name as the arrogant and sometimes cruel teenage boy we see in the books, but he spent three years finding a way to help Remus so I think Harry's kindness and loyalty are in there, even if he wouldn't know the best way to go about it here. But then I'm not sure there is a 'best way'!
Very glad you liked this, thank you for such nice comments, and I got the idea for the title of the book from a crossword clue, where the answer was 'misconception'... ;)
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Date: 2008-08-24 04:52 pm (UTC)I never know what to do for the best in those situations and it makes me sad.
As someone who has been in both positions myself - being the one with the money and not - it is one of those horrible dilemnas. You so want to help, but you so want to do it without offending or embarrassing the person concerned. I'm not sure 'sensitive' would be James' middle name as the arrogant and sometimes cruel teenage boy we see in the books, but he spent three years finding a way to help Remus so I think Harry's kindness and loyalty are in there, even if he wouldn't know the best way to go about it here. But then I'm not sure there is a 'best way'!
Very glad you liked this, thank you for such nice comments, and I got the idea for the title of the book from a crossword clue, where the answer was 'misconception'... ;)