[HPforGrownups] Re: Fave Characters

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 19299


--- Amy Z <aiz24 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Three observations:
> 
> -Harry is not on the list--though you clearly adore him, given that 
> your reasons for liking other characters often have to do with the 
> way they relate to Harry.

I've got an odd view on this. I *have* to like/love Harry because he's
the main character of the story and the default Hero. I couldn't not
like him because if I did, I would have to not like the series
(blasphemy!). But I *don't* have to like the other characters. I'm free
to have more of a choice on who I like. Therefore Harry wasn't on the
list because 

1) it goes without saying that I like him 

and 

2)if I am to be completely honest, I like some characters MORE than
him...like Hermione. <grin> The girl deserves her own series, I tell
you! Thank god for fanfic.

> -The only adult on the list is McGonagall.

I know. McGonagall is the only adult who I really, really like. I *am*
talking about favorites here! <grin> This is going to seem crazy to
everyone on the list but while I like Remus, Sirius, Dumbledore, the
Weasleys, etc, I don't love them to pieces. I've never understood the
Remus/Sirius craze (the whole "dead sexy" thing). The Weasley's are
nice but nothing about them makes me sit up and take notice. Snape
is..well...Snape! And Dumbledore seems a bit...dare I say it?...cliche.
<runs frantically away before list members Avada Kedavra her>

It is odd that I like the kids more than the adults. Perhaps it's
because the kids make me laugh more? As they say, the faster way to
become someone's friend is to make them laugh.

> -What does it mean when a self-described Crotchety Anti-Romantic "has
> a thing for red hair"?  Do I detect a chink in the A-R armor?

Ah, let me dig myself out of this proverbial hole. <pulls out shovel>
While I may enjoy the aesthetic value of red hair on a person, that
doesn't mean I want to have a romance with them or want them to have a
romance. It's like enjoying a pretty flower or a rainbow. <wipes
forehead> Whew! Hopefully I still get to keep my 100% Anti-Romantic
Membership Card(tm). The A-R society cannot afford to lose any members,
we're small enough as it is!

~Amber


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"I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, 
I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, 
I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, 
if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will come right, 
that this cruelty too will end..."
 - Anne Frank "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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