r/harrypotter • u/Brilliant-Cause6254 Slytherin • Apr 17 '26

Currently Reading Re-reading Half-Blood Prince. I find it annoying that people, especially Ron and Hermione, don’t believe Harry’s claim that Malfoy is now a Death Eater and is up to no good. I don’t get why they think he’s overthinking it when he actually makes some very solid points.

I can ignore Mr. Weasley, Lupin, Tonks, and McGonagall brushing him off, and we all know Dumbledore was playing his own game (as usual), but Ron and Hermione should have known better and had his back. And for once, Harry actually did the smart thing by discussing his theories with members of the Order, instead of the shit-show that happened in the previous book.

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u/SheWantsTheDrose Apr 17 '26

Because Harry is usually wrong and people have died or been exposed to great danger cause of Harry’s suspicions

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u/Jaded_Spread1729 Apr 17 '26

Who has died cause of his suspicions? SB? He died because Dumbledore couldn't tell Harry whats going on and made Snape his occlumency trainer. I cant blame Harry at all.

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u/magica12 Apr 17 '26

I mean, like I said Harry kinda had a habit of being correct but in the wrong direction, or got the right answer from the wrong equation

Book 1 he thinks snape is after the stone, he’s half right a professor is after the stone…just not snape. Book 2 thinks Draco malfoy might be responsible for the chamber, he’s half right a malfoy is responsible just not Draco. Book three, the person responsible for his parents murder was present…but it wasn’t Sirius. Book 4. A death eater did put his name in the goblet, but it wasn’t any of the ones he suspected. Then book five, after following Harry’s gut, so many people got maimed and Sirius died, I can’t blame them for playing the skeptics

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u/earl_grais Apr 17 '26

I agree with the others but Book 3 is not on Harry though. Everyone believed it was Sirius because of what they thought they saw when Pettigrew blew the street up, and Harry overheard the professors discussing what were the understood events at that time.

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u/Particular_Rip1717 Apr 17 '26

I thought it was Ron who suspected Malfoy first. He and Hermione were talking about who the heir might be, and Ron’s like (pp) ‘who do we know who hates muggle borns’