History Heartwarming / HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince

** Ginny telling that Luna is happy about going to the party with Harry. Yes, Ginny loves Harry, but it's heartwarming how much she cares about her friend Luna that she's willing to let's her enjoy a party as Harry's date.

* Arthur has been promoted and Molly is ''incredibly proud'' of her husband, commenting that even Slughorn can make mistakes as he never favoured Arthur when he was teaching them.

** Ron's achievements as a Chaser. For those of you who read Order of the Phoenix, to see how far he has came is wonderful.

-->'''Ginny''': ''[holds a pie]'' Open up, you.
-->'''Harry''': ''[nervously laughs, unsure if she's serious]''
-->'''Ginny''': ''[pointedly looking at him]'' Don't you trust me?
-->''[Harry obliges]''

** When Harry sprints out to go after Bellatrix Lestrange, Ginny follows through the flames right behind him without a second thought, and both wind up as BackToBackBadasses in the ensuing fight.

* At the end of the book, Harry :breaks up with Ginny because he knows that she'd be in constant danger otherwise. He intends to do essentially the same with Ron and Hermione, but:

* Harry comforting Hermione after Ron and Lavender get together.
* Harry and Ginny's kiss in the Room of Requirement.
** "Take my hand."
** "Close your eyes. That way you can't be tempted."

** After a 2016 mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub -- the then-deadliest in American history -- claimed the life of a worker at the ''Harry Potter'' section of Universal Studios, employees and parkgoers gathered at dusk around Ride/HarryPotterAndTheForbiddenJourney, which is housed in a small-scale replica of Hogwarts, and raised their wands in remembrance.

* Harry gets Dumbledore's back in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''. He notes how Rufus Scrimgeour accused Harry of being "Dumbledore's man through and through." Dumbledore notes, amused, how very rude that was of him. Harry then says he effectively accepted it as a compliment... and suddenly notices how very damp Dumbledore's eyes seem. What perhaps makes this moment even better is this exchange right at then end when Harry and Scrimgeour meet at [[spoiler:Dumbledore's funeral]]:

* Throughout the book, Molly Weasley, convinced that Fleur Delacour was a vain, shallow, and snobby girl, was ''dead-set'' against Fleur and Bill's wedding. At the end of the book, Bill [[spoiler:is slashed by Fenrir Greyback, is horribly disfigured, and may have some werewolf-ish tendencies]]. Molly is devastated, upset that "he was going to be married." Fleur asks Molly what she meant by "''was''", and yells that she doesn't care if Bill looks different, all that it will prove is that her husband is brave. The scene ends with Molly offering Fleur her great-Aunt's tiara to wear in the wedding; Fleur thanks her coolly, and then the two collapse into a hug and cry hysterically.

* The scene where, after Fleur says she loves Bill despite being scarred, Tonks [[spoiler:shakes Lupin yelling at him that ''Fleur'' loves Bill no matter what, and she loves ''him'' even if he's a werewolf.]]
** That whole relationship, really. Tonks is young, pretty, talented, and funny; she could probably have anyone she wanted. And who does she fall for? [[spoiler: The older, destitute, insecure werewolf. Even sweeter, she works for the Ministry, which has strict anti-werewolf laws. No FantasticRacism is keeping Dora from her OneTrueLove.]]
** The fact that [[spoiler:Remus clearly loves her back, but doesn't want to "ruin her life" through affiliation with him. Misguided, but the kind of sweet and sacrificial love central to Lupin's character.]]

* At the end of the book, Harry [[spoiler:breaks up with Ginny because he knows that she'd be in constant danger otherwise]]. He intends to do essentially the same with Ron and Hermione, but:

* Ron and Hermione making up after not speaking for a good chunk of the book, especially her freaking out after he [[spoiler: is poisoned]] and him muttering her name in his sleep.

* Harry's triumphant [[spoiler: kiss with Ginny after Gryffindor wins the cup. Without thinking he just goes for it, and then warily looks over to Ron. Keep in mind the entire book the main thing keeping Harry from acting on his feeling was Ron's bile towards the idea of anyone snogging his sister. Ron's response? A second of shock followed by a nod of approval. ]]

* Buckbeak attacking Snape quite ferociously when [[spoiler:Snape is threatening Harry]]. It's quite heartwarming to see how fiercely loyal Buckbeak is to Harry even years later.

* Everyone will always be split over things they change in the movies, but you'd have to be TheStoic to not feel a tug at the heartstrings in the sixth movie when, after [[spoiler:Dumbledore dies]] and the Dark Mark is cast, Ginny is comforting a sobbing Harry and ''everyone'', teachers and students, raise their wands and together vanquish the Dark Mark from their castle.

* Near the beginning of the film, Draco whines about Hogwarts like it's some kind of disgrace for him to him to have to go back. [[spoiler:But by the end of the film the Great Hall is nearly destroyed, Dumbledore is dead, and]] '''[[spoiler:[[BreakTheHaughty Draco is very clearly heartbroken]]''']]
* After [[spoiler:Dumbledore dies, and the whole class puts their wands up in the air to get rid of the Dark Mark in the sky]], we cut to the next morning. The scene alone with [=McGonagall=] and Harry was very sad yet heartwarming, but what had this troper burst to tears was when [[PowerTrio The Trio]] went up to the astronomy tower, and discussed what their next move would be [[spoiler:now that Dumbledore is dead, and now that they know that the Horcruxes are the key to defeating Voldemort]]. Harry is determined to find them all by himself, but Hermione quite funnily retorts to him that he couldn't do it alone, with Ron agreeing. They then all huddle up on the balcony of the astronomy tower as they watch Fawkes the phoenix fly away, across the black lake and into the morning sun. Not really heartwarming in description, but ''good lord''. The way they did it... with the cinematography... and then when placed into the context of the events that had just occurred.... and when you put on top of that that this is basically signaling the beginning of the end of the series, I began to cry. For people like me, who've grown up with the films more so than the books, who've grown up with the actors and their characters (and for whom the viewer can genuinely see the camaraderie that they have for each other)... it just... ahhhhh. It was a poetic and heartwarming moment on ThePowerOfFriendship and the loss of innocence.

* [=McGonagall=] trying to comfort Harry [[spoiler: after she finds him in Dumbledore's office, saying if he needs to talk to someone, she's there]].
** [[spoiler: [=McGonagall=] telling Harry that he meant a lot to Dumbledore]].
* Before they set off for the cave, Dumbledore warmly muses that Harry needs to shave, and reflects on how much Harry has grown. [[spoiler: He probably knows he won't survive the night, so in a way this is him expressing affection for his surrogate son one last time as just that - not as a hero, but Harry, his ''son''.]]
* In a weird way, Ginny's first scene. It's the first time in the films she's introduced by herself, and is the focal point of the scene. It almost shows that she's earned the right to be treated like a main character.

** The act has transcended the Potter fandom; Ex. after Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds died, Star Wars fans and Film/SinginInTheRain fans did a similar tribute with lightsabers and umbrellas instead of wands.

* The film's setup to Harry asking Luna to Slughorn's party (already adorable as is). Harry pretty much decree's he's going to invite "someone cool." Cue a SmashCut to Luna, decked to the nines as only she can do.

--> [=McGonagall=]: Take Charms, and I'll drop Augusta a line that just because she failed her Charms O.W.L. doesn't mean the subject is worthless.

** Also the fact that he's not just doing this as an "Up yours" to Scrimgeour; except for a couple fairly understandable periods of doubt, he has always been and will always be [[UndyingLoyalty "Dumbledore's man through and through."]]

** The act has transcended the Potter fandom; after Carrie Fisher died, Star Wars fans did a similar tribute with lightsaber instead of wands.

* Near the beginning of the film, Draco whines about Hogwarts like it's some kind of disgrace for him to him to have to go. [[spoiler:But by the end of the film the Great Hall is nearly destroyed, Dumbledore is dead, and [[BreakTheHaughty '''Draco is very clearly heartbroken''']]]]

*** Yes, that's right - Luna ''knows'' she is different, but '''doesn't care in the slightest and is perfectly happy being totally different to everyone else''', because she has friends that care for her.

** [=McGonagall=] specifically asking for Hagrid's opinion on the matter, even if he doesn't think it's worth considering. His opinion is that, even if ''just one'' student wants to go to Hogwarts, the school should still be open, and everyone agrees on that.

* Horace Slughorn talking about the fish that Lily Potter gave him; again, both a heartwarming moment and a tearjerker, and also remarkably startling since the lead-in lines to this speech had been part of a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

-->'''Mr. Weasley:''' It was a very lucky day for the Weasley family when Ron decided to sit in your compartment in The Hogwarts Express that day.

* 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 CallBack to the previous book, when Harry had been resentful and humiliated by the mere sight of Cho seeing him sitting with people like Neville and Luna. It shows how much [[CharacterDevelopment Harry had grown up since then]].