[HPforGrownups] Re: Three least favourite and three favourite characters.

[Derry]

No: HPFGUIDX 28470

The characters are in alphabetical order - choosing three was hard enough, never
mind putting them in order!  'Least favourite' is a combination of characters who
I'd like to see less of and characters who really disappointed me.

Favourite characters:

* Minerva McGonagall - Strict but fair, though with the occasional lapse when it
comes to quidditch to give a bit more personality.  The kind of person I would
have wanted as a teacher.  She's the only person at Hogwarts that I would trust
completely to do what she thought best for a pupil.  Even Dumbledore has his own
agenda bubbling away.
* Draco Malfoy - Again, complexity.  I feel sorry for Draco - he's spent his life
trying to live up to his parents' expectations.  This is the main reason I can't
see him turning 'good'.  I don't think he's strong enough to break away from his
parents to that extent.
* Severus Snape - I love the complexity of this guy.  Yes, he can be cruel (the "I
can't see any difference" comment makes my blood boil) but when it comes to the
line between the big bad and big good, he just about wobbles over to the big good.


Least favourite characters:

* Crouch-as-Moody - I was so upset for Harry when he turned out to be a DE.  I
doubt the real Moody will be much like CaM.  It's quite a shock to completely lose
a character you've come to care for and to realise that that character never
really existed.
* Hagrid - I suspect JKR may have more in line for him but at the moment, the
gentle giant with unconventional tastes is a little shallow.
* Rita Seeker - The tabloid journalist is _such_ a stereotype.

Derry (who, depending on the Sorting Hat, is Slytherin, Ravenclaw or Gryffindor.
Mostly Slytherin.)
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