I don't like him much

[potioncat]

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Kneasy wrote: 
> One of the many definitions of adulthood is being willing to 
accept 
> responsibility for one's own actions. OK, he's not an  adult yet, 
> though some posters seem to think he should be  regarded as such, 
even though  he has never shown any sign of acting like an adult.


Potioncat:
You are dead right here.  Molly is blasted for treating him like a 
child. Yet hardly anyone thinks he's should be expected to 
demonstrate maturity around Snape. Harry is a teenager and he acts 
just like one!  (And the one he acts like lives in my house!)

>Kneasy: 
> He'll probably manage it, unless JKR decides to wipe him out, the 
> all-too-common reward for heroes in the sagas (after all, what's 
the  use of an ex-hero?). But unless he shows some marked changes I 
can't see myself ever liking him as a character.

Potioncat:
That must make it difficult to read the books!  But he is a 
teenager.  They are adorable one minute and pains in the...in 
the...in the elbow the next. I expect he'll turn out OK

Potioncat, signging off to go hug her teenager.