Hate Harry / Love Harry

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 100806

I, Del, wrote :
> > And do you want to know why I "hate" him so much ? Simply because 
> > so many other posters openly adore him too much for my taste :-) I
> > find Harry OK most of the time, but I don't like him really. In 
> > real life, he wouldn't be one of my friends, for sure. So when I 
> > come here, and I read posts that basically say "Harry is the best,
> > he's a thousand times better than anyone else, he's perfect and 
> > how can anyone dare find fault in him", well, I get... annoyed 
> > ;-)

Jenny from Ravenclaw replied :
> What does that mean?  You dislike Harry because others like him so 
> much?  That doesn't make much sense to me.  That doesn't show me how
> you think Harry's behavior, motivations, moods, looks and general 
> characterization make him someone to justifiably dislike.

I, Del, answer :
Sorry, I wasn't clear obviously. I don't dislike Harry because other
people like him. I dislike Harry, period. But when I see him being
talked about like he's some kind of god, it annoys me and I can't help
but point out what I think are his faults, which of course makes me
look like I hate him.

Jenny from Ravenclaw wrote :
> I happen to adore Harry.  My heart goes out to him when he's upset 
> and I cheer for him when he struggles.  I want to protect him, 
> support him and know him.  If I went to school with him I'd have a 
> wild crush on him if he wasn't my friend already.  

Del is horrified (kidding ;-) :
A crush ?! No thank you !! As I said in my previous post, I wouldn't
want much to do with Harry in real life, because he's one of those
people who think the world revolves around them. They take you into
consideration only if you have something to offer them. Just look at
the way he treats the Creevey brothers who obviously adore him. To me,
Harry is one of those kids who can't be bothered by anything that
doesn't concern them immediately, and those people make me highly
uncomfortable, because *I* happen to care for a lot of things and
people outside my own private world.

Jenny from Ravenclaw wrote :
> To me, Harry is one of the strongest wizards around.  He has already 
> overcome enormous obstacles and continues to climb even higher.  I 
> believe that he *will* defeat Voldemort, because he is stronger, 
> smarter, better.

Del replies :
Better than who ?
I personally don't see that Harry is better than most people. I'll
grant him only 2 things :
1. He can keep his head cool and think very fast under pressure, which
are the only things that make him a better fighter than Hermione IMO
2. He's revoltingly lucky. There's always some Deus Ex Machina to save
him at the last minute.

Jenny from Ravenclaw wrote :
> He may lose his life in the process (which will devastate me), but 
> Harry would do that; he'd sacrifice his own life for the greater 
> good.

Del replies :
I know it's a commonly held view, but I don't share it. I don't see
that Harry ever truly thought about sacrificing himself. He very
rarely realises that he's putting himself in danger to start with, and
he never gave any thought to sacrifice. He might sacrifice himself to
save people he loves, like many others have shown they would, but
that's it.

Del