But later, we see the difference between "let the world burn" and "let Molly burn."
He said that, and he did that, but that's because he was being an idiot without really thinking about what that would actually mean.
Well, yes. But on the other hand, if it was the only way to save his daughter then I'm not remarkably convinced he wouldn't do the same again, so...
Precisely, amen... Nor did he really act upon that...
What? He was told
specifically that if he kept pushing this, he might cause a disaster, and then proceeded to keep pushing until he caused a disaster. How is that not acting upon what he said? He didn't say "I'm going to set out to destroy the world," he said, "I'm going to rescue my daughter no matter what the consequences are."
What happened in the aftermath of C.I. wasn't because Harry really intended for the world to burn or failed to care if it did.. If anyone is to blame it is the Red King who set the whole thing up in the first place. He never thought through the idea that both Harry and Eb were first rate wizards and if anyone one could foil his plans for revenge, they could. Nor did he plan on the child's mother being there and willing to give up her life, which saved her child and wiped out the Red Court..
Victim blaming much? The Red King is responsible for a lot of awful things, but I don't think we can legitimately say that he was 100% responsible for the genocide of
his own species. I mean, Harry did have other options: both Susan and the Eebs pointed them out. He just objected to them.
Also before this all went down there was no one warning Harry that if he succeeds in wiping out the Red Court some badder asses would step in to take up the slack..
Um, yes there was. Harry's "let the world burn" thing was said
directly in response to Murphy warning him that if he kept pushing then really bad things might happen. He might not have known the specifics, but he was warned as to the risks.