Fave Characters: Lupin, Dumbledore

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 19306

Amber wrote:
 
> I've never understood the
> Remus/Sirius craze (the whole "dead sexy" thing). 

::draws herself up in an attempt to look dignified::  Now, not all of 
us Lupinlovers think the man is sexy.  Sexy is not the point.  I don't 
want to sleep with the man, I want to talk to him.  I get the sense 
that we would understand each other.  I love Harry--if you ask me my 
favorite character, I have to say "You mean besides Harry?"; he is 
after all the one I know best.  But if one person could walk out of 
the books to be a friend and kindred spirit, it would be Remus.  (Of 
course, I don't want him to walk out of the books; I want to walk into 
them.)

> And Dumbledore seems a bit...dare I say it?...cliche.
> <runs frantically away before list members Avada Kedavra her>

Amber, I repeatedly find myself admiring your daring candor.  No one 
wants to spend a lifetime in Azkaban, so you're safe from AK, but you 
might well receive an envelope full of Bubotuber Pus--or worse, if 
Hagrid hears you.

I think I know what you mean.  However, I think the big D is saved 
from cliche by his completely wacky sense of humor.  I am one person 
who believes that the Chamber of Chamber Pots is the invention of 
Dumbeldore's frighteningly fertile brain.  Even on an errand as solemn 
as the one in PS/SS 1, and discussing something as sobering as 
Voldemort's power, he makes that crack about the earmuffs (no, I don't 
believe Madam Pomfrey really said that, either).  You won't catch 
Gandalf making remarks like that.  I say that not to detract from 
Gandalf or JRRT, both of whom I love, but to point out that Dumbledore 
is his very own variation on the Wise, Kind, Bearded Ancient Wizard.

Amy Z
who is going through her sigs in alphabetical order, so it's pure 
chance that this one is

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 "Yeah, Dumbledore's barking, all 
 right," said Ron proudly. 
    -HP and the Philosopher's Stone 
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