Not liking Harry's character

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 120191


Sigune wrote:
"So, as I see it, it's not a matter of any 'inability to deal with the
fact that Harry is the main character' that makes me interested in 
Snape. It's just that I know too much about Harry to set my 
imagination going. And I have always been fascinated by the 
motivations people have for doing unspeakable things like joining the
 Death Eaters, just because I can't understand why anyone would."

Del replies:
Oooh! Yes, that's it! Thanks Sigune, you've helped me put a word on
the reason why I'm not a huge fan of Harry on-board : because he's,
well, boring to talk about. We *know* him, so there isn't much to talk
about, apart from what he might do in the future. But all the other
characters are much more interesting to talk about as far as *I* am
concerned, precisely because we don't know them, we're not in their
heads, we don't know what makes them act all the time.

To make a very self-centered analogy : I find myself utterly boring,
but I find many people around me interesting. I could write anyone
else's biography and put quite some passion into it, but I was never
able to write my own journal because I find my own life incredibly
boring, even though it's not that boring when looked at objectively.
But because it's my own life, I am in my own head, I know why I do
things, so it just doesn't trigger my interest nor my imagination.

It's the same with Harry : I know too 'intimately' how he functions,
so I don't care much about discussing him, even though I truly enjoy
reading about his life.

Del