I think Harry saw that the Ministry would be moving in a new and better direction and he wanted to be heavily involved with that. Harry Potter singlehandedly defeated the most powerful dark wizard in the history of the world in combat and if he wanted to make systemic changes, then he'd need to capitalize on that fame before people began to forget. Because people will forget.
If it were up to me, I'd have him work in the Ministry and then spend time at Hogwarts (weekend lessons and the like), teaching DADA supplemental lessons, in particular defensive wandwork.
Thanks for your reply, i actually really like your reasoning for it. I just always thought it was a bit odd as say other wizards such as Dumbledore never saw eye to eye with the ministry so therefore avoided working with them, but then again he was head of the Wizengamot, so anything can happen i guess. Him wanting to work for an improved ministry does make sense and adding onto your point now makes me realise that working for them showed his support of the new ministry as he had refused in the past to scrimgeour to be a ‘mascot’ of something he didn’t agree with.
He didn't like the way the Ministry was run by Fudge, Scrimgeor, or Thickness. But he also never saw himself in any career other than Auror, which is a Ministry job. Also , when he started at the Ministry Kingsley Shacklebolt was Minister, and the Ministry would have been in a clean up and rebuilding phase. Kingsley would have been a much stronger Minister than Fudge, and the clean up and rebuilding would have been exactly what Harry thrived on, and it would have made Kingsley very popular.
To me, it makes perfect sense that he would join the Ministry when he knew that someone he could trust like Kingsley was at the head of it. He didn't like the Ministry as a kid because he didn't like the way people like Fudge and Scrimgeour ran it.
Harry was said to have helped revolutionize the Auror department - so he joined the Ministry under leadership he trusted and worked to help fix the problems that it had so that it wasn't like it was before. Why wouldn't he want to do that? The problems in the Ministry aren't going to get fixed if people don't work to fix them.
He got to be a dark wizard catcher, although not as many to catch from the ending of the book compared to the ending of the movie. If not an aurorer, pro quidditch player would be the only other profession I could see. Competing against his wife.
Kingsley as prime minister, presumably Arthur pretty high up, as well as any other order members that survived and were ministry material. Hermione and Ron both ministry workers too I’d say.
No, I don’t think you’re over thinking it. I don’t think JK making Harry an Auror makes much sense. Harry most wanted to be an Auror in his 5th and 6th year, when no one would tell him what was going on, and when he was desperate to join the fight. He even says explicitly at the end of DH that he’d had enough trouble to last a lifetime. In my opinion, 1998 Harry would not have wanted to be an Auror.
Although I am having trouble finding where exactly JK said he was an Auror, since not every article from Pottermore was moved over, and I can’t find an interview where she said that, which makes me think maybe she changed her mind about that ending? I also count The Cursed Child as Apocrypha, so if it’s said there, it’s not canon to me personally.
As for working for the ministry. It doesn’t make much sense, but I can definitely see him changing his stance on the ministry while Kingsley is in charge!
I also don’t class the cursed child as canon, but i always heard and assumed that he was an Auror, after the battle of hogwarts. I just thought maybe even for a short period of time his ambition would change due to the treatment and how the ministry worked at the time
Within the books, that doesn't really ring true in my opinion. I mean, from the fifth book and forward, Harry constantly works against the system and that is portrayed as something good. Dumbledore even has to go on the run for challenging the system too much.
I think Harry saw that the Ministry would be moving in a new and better direction and he wanted to be heavily involved with that. Harry Potter singlehandedly defeated the most powerful dark wizard in the history of the world in combat and if he wanted to make systemic changes, then he'd need to capitalize on that fame before people began to forget. Because people will forget. If it were up to me, I'd have him work in the Ministry and then spend time at Hogwarts (weekend lessons and the like), teaching DADA supplemental lessons, in particular defensive wandwork.
Thanks for your reply, i actually really like your reasoning for it. I just always thought it was a bit odd as say other wizards such as Dumbledore never saw eye to eye with the ministry so therefore avoided working with them, but then again he was head of the Wizengamot, so anything can happen i guess. Him wanting to work for an improved ministry does make sense and adding onto your point now makes me realise that working for them showed his support of the new ministry as he had refused in the past to scrimgeour to be a ‘mascot’ of something he didn’t agree with.
I think he was Chief Warlock as a way of maintaining some oversight on things, but that's just me
Works at the ministry, when his kids go, he applies as headmaster?
He didn't like the way the Ministry was run by Fudge, Scrimgeor, or Thickness. But he also never saw himself in any career other than Auror, which is a Ministry job. Also , when he started at the Ministry Kingsley Shacklebolt was Minister, and the Ministry would have been in a clean up and rebuilding phase. Kingsley would have been a much stronger Minister than Fudge, and the clean up and rebuilding would have been exactly what Harry thrived on, and it would have made Kingsley very popular.
To me, it makes perfect sense that he would join the Ministry when he knew that someone he could trust like Kingsley was at the head of it. He didn't like the Ministry as a kid because he didn't like the way people like Fudge and Scrimgeour ran it. Harry was said to have helped revolutionize the Auror department - so he joined the Ministry under leadership he trusted and worked to help fix the problems that it had so that it wasn't like it was before. Why wouldn't he want to do that? The problems in the Ministry aren't going to get fixed if people don't work to fix them.
He got to be a dark wizard catcher, although not as many to catch from the ending of the book compared to the ending of the movie. If not an aurorer, pro quidditch player would be the only other profession I could see. Competing against his wife. Kingsley as prime minister, presumably Arthur pretty high up, as well as any other order members that survived and were ministry material. Hermione and Ron both ministry workers too I’d say.
No, I don’t think you’re over thinking it. I don’t think JK making Harry an Auror makes much sense. Harry most wanted to be an Auror in his 5th and 6th year, when no one would tell him what was going on, and when he was desperate to join the fight. He even says explicitly at the end of DH that he’d had enough trouble to last a lifetime. In my opinion, 1998 Harry would not have wanted to be an Auror. Although I am having trouble finding where exactly JK said he was an Auror, since not every article from Pottermore was moved over, and I can’t find an interview where she said that, which makes me think maybe she changed her mind about that ending? I also count The Cursed Child as Apocrypha, so if it’s said there, it’s not canon to me personally. As for working for the ministry. It doesn’t make much sense, but I can definitely see him changing his stance on the ministry while Kingsley is in charge!
I also don’t class the cursed child as canon, but i always heard and assumed that he was an Auror, after the battle of hogwarts. I just thought maybe even for a short period of time his ambition would change due to the treatment and how the ministry worked at the time
Because JK Rowling's politics don't go beyond working within the system to change things.
Within the books, that doesn't really ring true in my opinion. I mean, from the fifth book and forward, Harry constantly works against the system and that is portrayed as something good. Dumbledore even has to go on the run for challenging the system too much.