Hate Harry / Love Harry (Was : Re: Who is the adult (Was: Who's to blame ...))

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 100809

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" <
delwynmarch at y...> 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 ;-)<

I reply:

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 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.  

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.  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.

--jenny from ravenclaw **************************************************************