Cutting Characters (esp. RL) Slack (WAS Hagrid, Moody and Violent Responses)

[lupinesque]

No: HPFGUIDX 34121

Cindy wrote:

> I think I will have to adopt a new rule for myself that each beloved 
> character is allowed one hideous mistake, and after that, I will 
> cross them off my list.  Lupin and Black have used their quota.  
> Snape probably has used his quota. 

Probably?  *Probably?!*  The man was a Death Eater!  God only knows 
what terrible things he did, whereas dear sweet Lupin is guilty of 
nothing worse than carelessness.  And if one of your best friends had 
for all intents and purposes murdered your two other best friends and 
has been trying to murder the son of one of them all year and now 
you suddenly learn that he's seconds away from catching him and it's 
all your fault if he kills him because you should've fessed up about 
his being an Animagus long ago and on top of it all, the other 
supposedly dead friend is alive, wouldn't you be just a wee bit in a 
rush to get out the door, never mind any potion, never mind any map?  

*pant pant*

Well, suffice it to say that Lupin can make lots more mistakes before 
I cross him off *my* list.  But Elkins is right:  this is not mostly a 
matter of logic; I like certain characters for the same reasons I like 
certain people, namely, I just *do.*  I will try not to cut them too 
much slack (nor come down too hard on the ones I don't particularly 
like).

Amy Z

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   "See, there was this wizard who went . . . bad.  As bad as 
 you could go.  Worse.  Worse than worse.  His name was . . ."
   Hagrid gulped, but no words came out.
   "Could you write it down?" Harry suggested.
   "Nah--can't spell it."
                              -HP and the Philosopher's Stone 
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