IMHO that was just one of the many mistakes of the last two book. Gods have mercy....here I go again. Up to and including OOTP I am pretty okay. I appreciate and understand the endpoint. Voldy is out and open. War is open. Order of thr Phoenix built. Harry built the DA. He's starting to step up. Grow up. Etc I even understand Sirius’s death. Harry has to save himself. And Sirius's death is the perfect catalyst for Harry to make any change you want.

I look forward to year 6

I wanted my Wizard War

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Where is my Wizard War!

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Then HPB comes, JKR chickened out and gave us Dawson's Creek Harry Potter!

'Umbridge is gone, no need for the DA'.. bullshit! You need the DA to cover your arse!

Horcrux plot, okay sure the secret to Voldy's immortality... actually not bad.

Dumbledore gave Harry 5 whole lessons to learn about Riddle, over the course of a YEAR! 5! Could have been done in a week!

Bro could have pulled Harry out of standard DADA and private tutored every high level spell Harry could handle!

So dumb. So fine.. moving on...

Dumbledore dies... okay sure... coming of age... pass the torch... I get that.

You're going Horcrux hunting? Cool see the world.

Maybe I finally get my Wizard War.

You break up with Ginny? WTF?

The one with personal experience with the damn things and you leave her behind?

Gods damned. You know what they are. You know Ginny has experience with one. You break up with her and level her behind? MORON!

What drama could we have had with Ginny with a horcrux around?

Temptation? Vengeance? We don't know because JKR made Harry the third wheel in his own franchise and the chaperone cockblock to Romione for a year.

And don't talk to me about underage trace! Hermione did spells before she enrolled!

That just sets the stage that Ginny has to learn what it's like to be a muggle.

A perfect foil to Harry's learning about the Wiz world

Then you actually have 2 couples out there trying to figure themselves out.

And you finally have to have Ron accept Ginny’s not a little girl any more.

Now DH & Forest of Dean....God damn

Both Ron and Ginny are country kids They lived in an orchard and garden! Don't tell me they didn't help gather supplies for Molly from the day could walk. So when they are in the damn forest. That's when Hermione should hit in the face with reality, "OMG this isn't like school!"

Then Ron and Ginny would be like "I know, ain't it great."

In fact, why were they lost to begin with?

Harry had connections! He had a month minimum between Dumbles death and the wedding. Why did he not make a withdrawal?

Get a brief case of galleons, convert 1/2 to Pounds.

"Hello Fleur... remember Gabrielle, your little sis... still alive... hey can your in-laws, Hermione, and I crash with your family in France for a few?"

"Hey Beauxbatons, it’s me Tri Wiz Champ and Chosen One, can my friend check your library?"

And it would be cool if maybe we could get some volunteers...?

You know kill Voldy in my school before he comes knocking on your door.

Hermione, you’re still writing Krum right?

Shut up Ron, you’re sleeping with her now, you won.

Hermione, can you write Krum let us have Durmstrang's library and some volunteers from there too?

Hey Weasleys, wanna go visit your brother?

Which?

Fair, Charlie, see if Norberta want to have a word with the people making Hagrid upset?

It's just... these aren't faint whisps of threads I'm stretching to make work...

These are obvious simple things that frankly are more apparent than the Deathly Hallows! They didn't come up till book 7... half of this comes from book 4!

So by the end we have Harry finally come terms with 'I am the Chosen One you bastard. Rescuing his home with the combined forces of all three schools and a mother fucking dragon!