A/N: okay so I've done psychological dissection of Tom let me try for Harry.
First things first another review that made me think (I love you guys doing that I really do!)
Isys_Skeeter: yeah that's so like Ron
and i love the amount of pics that he take, looks like my sister when she was making me take pics to send her boyfriend :P
love the Draco pov, that explained a little how harry acts instead of his point of view that not always show
Nekoanima: i always found it annoying that you would get Harry's internal monolog but you wouldn't get other peoples vision of him. with a past like his even the not as bad one in the books he would have to have a heck of a poker face (could of been a slytherin!) you would generally see thing from the perspective that sort of deified him but from a realistic and psychological standpoint that doesn't make sense. (the deifying part)
A/N: Now on to ripping apart Harry's mind.
Harry is an abused child (verbally abused and neglected in the books and physically/emotionally/mentally in here.)
The first thing to think about is that he is rather proud, he won't tell anyone if something is happening. So no one would have ever told him the Dursleys were wrong. (here Tom told him) He was raised to be very independent but submissive. He can take care of himself and others but he would back down for authority. Because of his constant verbal abuse he has a very defined idea of right and wrong.
Someone earlier wrote that Harry seems rather feminine (especially with the way I am writing him) this is not that he actually is feminine, it is a social perception. Harry has a internal conflict of learned behavior, natural behavior and what is expected of him. This is generally viewed as a feminine trait because of the expectations of women. Males are expected to be strong and get the job done. Harry isn't really behaving feminine he is behaving human… the way humans actually are not the societal view, all people have portions of both traits. The other thing to consider with this is harry would be considered a sheltered child, he had no friends to teach him about the world around him and his only roll models were the Dureslys but he was never allowed to follow their path either so he is actually rather naïve. He knows about things from school but he has never experienced them. This constant stance of being unfamiliar prevents him from having the stereotypical male assertiveness as well.
He would also have a dire need to impress because he has lived for his uncles approval but never got it. Dumbledore has replaced his uncle as his authority figure so all his 'boldness' when dealing with others (the prophet) comes from observation of what his authority figure would approve of. Really internally Harry would be more likely to back down.
Harry's saving people thing would come from having to take care of his relatives so he still has that mentality of it being his duty to look after everyone really if you look at it the only one's who have ever taken care of Harry were madam Pomfrey and his parents, Sirius and Remus taught him things but they didn't really take care of him- they couldn't.
His issues with following the rules is more of a quirk. it goes in the space of 'if they don't know it wont hurt me' also his night wanderings could come from the fact that he was always locked in his cupboard and later his room during the night so he feels like he is finally free and he would make the most of that freedom (by exploring the castle"
There are times later in the books that Harry is challenging authority. Umbridge for example. He is challenging there but doesn't accept punishment from her 1) because she is not his authority figure, 2) he is being punished unjustifiably. Right now he doesn't know the difference between justified and unjustified punishments.
When he stands up to the Dursleys in the third book, he has finally snapped because he knows that what they are saying isn't true. Harry is a character whose moral compass points true north so he wouldn't be able to stand that, in fact nearly every time he has been assertive in the books was a case very similar to that.
His reaction to people liking him in the books is only partially accurate. He wouldn't notice people liking him even though he would be very good at reading people. He wouldn't notice because that would be a foreign concept to him. As he developed he did have crushes on people but they never worked because none of them were what suited him for a relationship.
Cho- was emotionally distraught and needed someone to take care of her, but because of that she was clingy and over the top with her affections (madam pudfoot's).
Ginny- has been obsessed with Harry for years, she hops from boy to boy to try and get Harry's attention but being how he is it really doesn't. when they are together she is clingy and almost controlling, she is independent but expects him to take care of her like the 'traditional' man should. (I really don't like that she ended up with Harry so this is a tad biased but it is still true. I really don't think someone who has been boy hopping for years for nearly a grins and giggles reason could stop that automatically. They develop the habit so it really raises questions to me when they are married for 19 years, length of marriage doesn't indicate a necessarily good marriage. My boyfriend's parents were married for twenty-two years before divorcing when he was six.)
Really all of them were ill suited for him considering his past. Harry would actually require someone who would look after him too. He was able to take care of any of his partners but psychologically he would need someone who could take care of him and give him a break. He would still do his best to look after him but it would be a more balanced relationship.
Harry's reaction to the crowd after catching the rememberall was really how I see his character, he wouldn't have gotten praised for breaking set rules before so he wouldn't understand why the other students were cheering. When Professor McGonagall scolds him before taking him to see Oliver he feels more reassured because he is familiar with punishment for breaking rules. It doesn't make him any less scared of the consequences but it is familiar to him.
Draco's seeing of how Harry responds is very much like him, he was raised in a pureblooded Slytherin family, he's going to be observant. But he's also a well cared for only child he wont realize what he is seeing in Harry's behavior a lot of times, just that something is off with it.
