Snapedom

"it's extremely strange that nobody, *nobody* came forward to talk to the Boy Who Lived over his parents/mother. Didn't she have friends at school? Wasn't she that perky Head Girl? Why don't we hear anything about her? Why is she such a non-person? Because Rowling is a shitty author, yes,"

I found it bemusing that Harry himself never really asked about his mother. I mean, if he'd been raised by resentful relatives for as long as you can remember, you'd think he'd want to find out as much as he could about his parents.

But it's not until he spies on SWM that he even bothers to ask Sirius and Remus about his father. I wonder if he was happy just to accept the standard line by people like Hagrid that James was a nice guy, a bit wild. But what about his mother? Did he have NO interest in her whatsoever?

We're not even told if he asks about his ancestors: did he have living grandparents or other relatives on either side? Of course, he probably knew about the Evans side through his aunt, but I doubt she'd enlighten him about the Potter side at all.

Not only aren't we told, but Harry doesn't even seem to be bothered to find out. Which to me always seemed very odd.

Alison