[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's Top Five

[Penny & Bryce]

No: HPFGUIDX 31682

Hi --

cindysphynx wrote:

> Megan wrote:
> 
>  > If you could make a list of the top five most INFLUENTUAL people in
>  > Harry's life, who would they be? 

My list might be slightly different than others.  I do like the notion 
of there being negative influences like the Dursleys & Voldemort 
included, but for my purposes, my top 5 will just include the positive 
influences.  :--)

1.  Dumbledore -- For all the reasons Jenny gave & more ....he is very 
much a mentor & moral compass in my mind.

2.  Sirius -- Definitely a father figure, mentor and good influence on Harry

3.  James Potter -- Like Cindy said, I think Harry very much is 
recalling his father in times of crisis (ever since PoA).  He sees his 
father as a good person worth emulating.  I think he belongs on this 
list because of the powerful father-son connection we see demonstrated 
through Harry's patronus & thoughts of his father off & on.

4.  Remus Lupin -- I would argue he belongs on this list because he 
arguably gave Harry his first injection of self-confidence.  It's 
because of Lupin that Harry was able to conjure a patronus; he really 
learned alot from Lupin.

5.  Hermione & Ron -- I *had* to lump them together because of the list 
needing to be only 5 & I couldn't axe any of the above figures.  For the 
record, I don't think Hermione is more important than Ron -- that's not 
why I listed her name first.  It just always gets phrased "Ron & 
Hermione" & since I think they are both equally important to Harry as 
his best friends, I decided to switch things up a bit.  It's *not* a 
shipping comment either.

Who might be influential in the coming books?  I'd like to see more 
females who could be arguably influential.  Lily Potter & McGonagall 
come to mind as possibilities.  I'm surprised no one has yet argued for 
Snape.  I suspect he *will* get added to this list of influences on 
Harry before the series is out.  :--)

Penny

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