Pettigrew burst into tears. It was horrible to watch...

[pauraque_bk]

Because mctabby brought it up -- HP characters who have been known to cry, in no particular order.

1. Cho (OotP 21)
2. Hermione (PS/SS 10)
3. Lavender (PoA 8)
4. Peter (PoA 19)
5. Winky (GoF 9)
6. Hagrid (PoA 15)
7. Molly (OotP 9)
8. Dumbledore (OotP 37)
9. Trelawney (OotP 17)
10. Dobby (CoS 1)
11. Ginny (CoS 17)
12. Pansy (PoA 6)
13. Petunia (OotP 2)
14. Mundungus Fletcher (OotP 5)
15. Kreacher (OotP 6)
16. Harry (PoA 12)
17. Neville (PS/SS 9)
18. Quirrell (PS/SS 15)
19. Lily (PS/SS 12) [Of debatable relevance -- it's Harry's vision in the Mirror.]
20. Myrtle (CoS 8)
21. Filch (CoS 9)
22. Flitwick (CoS 16)
23. Hannah Abbott (OotP 27)
24. Bellatrix (OotP 36)
25. Parvati (OotP 26)
27. McGonagall (PoA 15)
26. Snape (OotP 26) [In flashback, as a small boy.]
27. Oliver Wood (PoA 15)

Please share any additions or corrections. ("Verge of tears" doesn't count.)

Of course, these examples range from full-on hysterical blubbering to a Dramatic Single Tear.

Draco is still not on the list.

Comments

Re: Teleogram (I actually saw that recently--a kind of fish!): Rat to Rot

[pauraque]

I do like the way it's handled with Harry. It would be unrealistic for him to *never* cry, given all he goes through, and equally unrealistic for a kid like him to cry openly or often.

Re: Teleogram (I actually saw that recently--a kind of fish!): Rat to Rot

[arwencordelia.livejournal.com]

I can see Harry having the idea that crying openly isn't a good thing reinforced by living with the Dusleys. Though years of living in that kind of environment could have made him resigned to his "fate", Harry is instead defiant with the Dursleys - and becomes more openly so with each book. He may have learnt very early to hide any effect the Dursleys' treatment had on him. Perhaps his way of fighting back was to not let them see that their unkind words bothered him in any way.