ohfantine:

WHEN HARRY THOUGHT IT WAS HIS DAD WHO CONJURED THE PATRONUS BUT THEN IT WAS ACTUALLY HIM AND HE HAD TO SAVE HIMSELF LITERALLY AND ESSENTIALLY BECOME HIS OWN FATHER FIGURE I MEAN IT’S SO OBVIOUS, ISN’T IT, THAT HARRY IS NEVER GOING TO HAVE A FATHER FIGURE OTHER THAN HIMSELF. SIRIUS, REMUS, DUMBLEDORE, EVERYONE WHO COULD POSSIBLY HELP HIM TRANSITION INTO MANHOOD, THEY ALL DIE. AND THAT’S WHY, AT THE END, WHEN DUMBLEDORE CALLS HARRY A “BRAVE, BRAVE MAN” AFTER HE’S SACRIFICED HIMSELF, IT IS SO SIGNIFICANT. BECAUSE HARRY IS A MAN, AND YEAH, HE GOT SOME HELP ON THE WAY, BUT HE HAS ALSO HELPED HIMSELF AND SAVED HIMSELF AND TAUGHT HIMSELF. HE HAS BRAVED HIS TRAUMATIC CHILDHOOD WITHOUT ONE SOLID FATHER FIGURE TO HELP HIM ALONG, AND HE HAS GROWN UP.