Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (novel)/Heartwarming

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  • At the end of The Order of the Phoenix, after Sirius's death and probably knowing how bad Harry was feeling, several of the Order, including Moody, Lupin, Mr. Weasley, and Tonks, go up to the Dursleys. They all speak in casual tones to them, but the threat is still there. If the Dursleys mistreat Harry in any way, the Order will find out.
  • "Potter, I will assist you to become an Auror if it's the last thing I do!"
    • The fact that it's McGonagall saying that is what makes it a million times more heartwarming than if anyone else had said it. And right in front and in full defiance of Umbridge, no less.
      • And in the end, Harry does indeed become an Auror.
  • Order of the Phoenix are full of little ones of these. Like, after Percy sends Ron a letter telling him to stop being Harry's friend because Harry's a nutcase and it might ruin Ron's future job opportunities, Ron tears up the letter in fury, apparently humiliated to be related to someone like Percy. Also, when Harry unfairly accuses Hermione of debating his sanity with Lavender, she calmly tells him that actually, she told Lavender to "keep her fat mouth shut".
    • Another little one comes in Umbridge's first class, where she refers to them being taught by "dangerous half-breeds," to which Dean Thomas immediately snaps "If you mean Professor Lupin, he was the best we ever..."; the fact that Dean says it as opposed to, say, Harry, shows that the whole class, not just the Power Trio, were willing to stand up for Lupin despite the fact that he was a werewolf.
    • And then there's Hermione kissing Ron on the cheek for the first time to encourage him for his first Quidditch match. It doesn't help much, but the description of Ron touching the spot she kissed him in amazement is extremely sweet.
  • In Half-Blood Prince, Luna says, "I enjoyed the [Dumbledore's Army] meetings too. It was like having friends." Later in the same scene, Harry tells a rude girl that all the people in his compartment are his friends. Luna says, "People expect you to have cooler friends than us." And Harry replies, "You are cool." Pretty much any scene where anyone is nice to the optimistic yet sadly abused Luna is heartwarming because she deserves to have kind friends.
    • What makes it even better is that it's a Call Back to the previous book, when Harry had been resentful and humiliated by Cho seeing him sitting with people like Neville and Luna. It shows how much Harry had grown up since then.
  • The Gryffindor remix of Weasley is Our King. For those who don't know:

Weasley is our King,
Weasley is our King,
He didn't let the Quaffle in
Weasley is our King.

Weasley can save anything,
He never leaves a single ring,
That's why Gryffindors all sing:
Weasley is our King.

  • Hagrid's whole relationship with Grawp. That's all.
    • No, that's not all: "HERMY! WHERE HAGGER?!" He remembered Hermione's name.
    • To clarify, everyone, everyone, from the centaurs to his three best friends, thinks Hagrid is insane for dragging Grawp back and keeping him in the forest, while Hagrid just insists that he has to because he's his brother. He gets beaten up, risks being fired, even has Hermione briefly siding with Umbridge against him, but in the end, not only is he vindicated when Grawp grows more gentle and docile, but it was his devotion to his brother despite all odds that meant that Voldemort wasn't the only one fielding giants in the final battle, which gave the defenders much more of a fighting chance than they would have had otherwise.
  • A rather small one in Order of the Phoenix, when Umbridge fires Professor Trelawny and gleefully tries to throw her out, Professor McGonagall, who has previously made no secret of her disapproval of Trelawny's talents and teaching methods, defies Umbridge to rush forward and comfort the despondent Trelawny.
  • It's not specifically stated in The Order of the Phoenix, but this troper's heart was warmed when Dumbledore saw that the students' resistance group was called Dumbledore's Army and smiled. I imagine that he was very touched by this.
    • Gains extra resonance after the Book 7 revelations. Remember, in his youth, Albus Dumbledore was preparing to lead an army of wizards to do exactly what Fudge was accusing him of--Take Over the World. Since then he's been deliberately avoiding power because he knows it will cause him to turn to The Dark Side. Now here is an army of wizards, declaring their trust in his humility and wisdom.
  • Two Mrs. Weasley moments in The Order of the Phoenix. The first is her boggart transforming into a dead Harry, whose death she is deathly afraid of, as indicated by the boggart, despite him not being part of her immediate family. Then, there is the other scene:

"He's not your son, Molly."
"He's as good as!"

    • Harry's reaction adds to this effect.
    • More so is Sirius's. He just comes in the room and stares at the place where Harry's body was before Lupin vanished it. Molly's collapsed, sobbing all over Lupin, and Sirius is just staring at the place where Harry was. You can totally imagine what he's thinking, how terrible and grief-stricken he would be if it happened, and it makes me want to just cry my heart out.
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