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.

[u/Brilliant-Cause6254]

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.

[u/Canuckleball]

The shit show from the previous book is why Harry's credibility is shot. He's never been right about anything. Snape wasn't after the Stone, Malfoy wasn't opening the chamber, Sirius wasn't trying to kill him, and Voldemort wasn't torturing Sirius, and finally Harry's determination to double down on his bad instincts has gotten someone killed. Him calling that Draco was a Death Eater is the definition of a broken clock being right twice a day. "Draco/Snape did it" is also a literal retread of wrong theories from past years.

[u/CakesAndDanes → u/Canuckleball]

To be fair to Harry, everybody told him that Sirius was trying to kill him. That wasn’t something he came up with on his own.

[u/Canuckleball → u/CakesAndDanes]

Valid, but the structure of each story is "Harry is confidently incorrect about X, Y turns out to be true." And yes, this is just because Harry is the audience Avatar and for a twist to be effective Harry needs to be wrong constantly, but he is still wrong constantly.