Why wasn't Harry able to see the horses from the very beginning?

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This is the 'lil' thing JK talked about on her website.

sorry, but what did she talk about?????

The whole 'lil thing in COS big thing in HBP'

how do you know? or is it a guess

Well...a guess i guess.

wait...what?...I remember the death day party in the book but I'm not sure where your going with this......sorry. 😮

jk rowling has said that you have to wait for death to sink in. dont really get it but anyway

Maybe he blinked when his parents died

JK's already explained this - didn't see parents, only fully comprehended Cedric's death after the summer, i.e. at the start of OOtP.

Yes.. Harry was one year old.. and when you are one years old you see things.. but you don't SEE things.. you have no recollection, and you certainly don't know you are seeing someone die.. and also my theory is that since he is possessed by voldemort and all maybe he partly has Voldemorts memory of it too possibly.. so when the dementors come his memory is from a different perspective.. that's just a thought..
and Quirrell dies after harry passes out.. and for the seeing them at the end of GoF i'm gonna have to go with what they are saying JK said on her website..

Originally posted by bubbles33
jk rowling has said that you have to wait for death to sink in. dont really get it but anyway

Originally posted by TheSun
JK's already explained this - didn't see parents, only fully comprehended Cedric's death after the summer, i.e. at the start of OOtP.

JKR Answers the Question(slightly)

In the books he hadn't really registered anyone dying in frount of him until OoTP after witnessing Diggory's death had had time to sink in. He was too young to register his parents and was unconscious when Quirrel collapsed.

Originally posted by Raven Guardia
wait...what?...I remember the death day party in the book but I'm not sure where your going with this......sorry. 😮

Back on topic *Ahem* Harry was in his cot when his parents died, so he couldn't have seen them. Also death takes time to sink in.

OK, we've settled this now, why is it still going on?

Because a thread can only be stopped by a moderator, and since you are not one, it will probably go even further. I really don't understand why that would bother you.

Originally posted by zombieman
Because a thread can only be stopped by a moderator, and since you are not one, it will probably go even further. I really don't understand why that would bother you.