[HPforGrownups] Empty Harry and Why I Don't Like Hagrid

[Susanne Schmid]

No: HPFGUIDX 28484


 Jenny, I'm not going to hurl tomatoes at you (need them to prepare the Italian dinner for Snape, Moody and Lupin- drool!!) and have to say that you certainly have got some points about Hagrid: His character and behaviour perfectly illustrate the saying (translated from German): "The opposite of 'good' is not 'bad', but 'well-intentioned' ". That comes rather close to what Hagrid is. He never means to do any harm, but always succeeds in getting himself or others into the worst scraps imaginable . And he's immature. A child's soul within a gian'ts body. And we shouldn't forget that in CoS he's 62 years old- even if wizards live longer than Muggles, this equals at least 40 Muggle years.
I wouldn't say that I dislike him, but he makes me feel very uneasy, because the next time he does something wrong, it might have more serious consequences than just detention for HRH or a few points taken from Gryffindor.
susanna/pigwidgeon37 (wondering whether werewolves eat lasagne)
  jenny from ravenclaw <meboriqua at aol.com> wrote: 
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Third - Okay, I have been avoiding this one for quite some time.  I 
guess I should fess up and get it all out on the table.  I don't like 
Hagrid - there, it's out.  I find him annoying and irresponsible.  I 
hated the way he handled the situation with Norbert and how Ron got 
hurt and Harry and Hermione got in so much trouble to protect Hagrid 
and his mistake.  I'm not crazy about his drinking, especially when 
he should be sharp for his CoMC class, not hung over.  I don't 
appreciate his love of all creatures dangerous.  Those Blast Ended 
Skrewts were nasty and not tended to well at all.  He also should 
have known better than to talk to Rita Skeeter, especially because he 
knew she wasn't supposed to be on the grounds of Hogwarts 
(Dumbledore's orders, no less) to begin with.

I'm not saying that I think Hagrid is a bad guy; I don't think that. 
I just don't think he should teach at Hogwarts and I think he is way 
too dependent on HRH to help get him out of jams.  He makes bad 
decisions and when your job is to watch out for KIDS I don't like it 
all.

--jenny from ravenclaw, ready to hold her ground but prepared for the 
attack **************************************************************



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