Fave Characters

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 19583

The following is a rather flighty-Ebony post...

Jenny wrote:

>My favorite character, without even hesitating to think about it is
>Harry, Harry, Harry.  Not only do I feel for him having to deal with
>being without parents, but also being famous without wanting to be
>famous - and handling it all beautifully.  I admire the way he can
>keep his head in dire or unexpected situations.  I'm more the type to
>panic, yell, stutter, shake... certainly not think on my feet the way
>Harry can.

YES!  That's a no-brainer for me, too.  I'm glad I'm not alone.  I know it's 
considered horribly cliche to like the hero the best, but then again, I like 
old musicals, think Chanel No. 5 is a great fragrance, and love pearls.  
Nothing wrong with being a plain Jane with simple and classic tastes, I say. 
  ;-)

There are a thousand and one other reasons why I like Harry the best, and 
when I re-read canon over the upcoming weeks, I'm sure I'll rehash them all.

>And green eyes with dark hair?  I've said this before, but
>if I was his classmate, I would have wanted to go the Yule Ball with
>Harry too.

LOL!  Take a number, sister.  <vbg>  Sacrilege again, I suppose... Harry 
definitely plays second fiddle to Draco in fanon, and takes a backseat to 
Ron amongst certain contingents, but I'm proud to be in the minority on this 
issue.  Although I'm much less concerned about fantasizing over Harry (who 
is rather young right now, you must admit) than I am wanting desperately for 
him to be happy after all is said and done.  More than any other character 
in the series, I want him to live and be well post-Book 7.

As I said before, my attitudes towards the other characters in canon are 
directly proportionate to how much they are needed by Harry, and/or how much 
he wants them around.  The one exception to this is Draco Malfoy--but that 
is entirely Heidi and Cassie's fault, not JKR's.

I identify strongly with Hermione (as do half of the women and men on list), 
and have said that she is my favorite canon character, but when I think 
about it I realize that this is simply not true.  I've consistently liked 
Harry, but only started liking Hermione in PoA--beforehand I saw too many 
uncomfortable echoes of my own childhood to really like her much.  But in 
GoF I loved her, and she is definitely my favorite in fanon, where she's 
reached near-icon status... along with Draco.  ;-)

Also, I tend to be more interested in what's going on with the current 
Hogwarts students over the adults.  Snape and the other staff members, MWPP, 
Lily, the elder Malfoy, etc. just don't interest me as much.  I can truly 
say that my tastes have changed since I entered the fandom... post-GoF I was 
demanding that JKR write a Phantom Menace-like "prequel" to the HP series.  
Now I'd much rather read post-Hogwarts from her pen.

--Ebony

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