Why Characters Do What--No Fault--Long

[Brenda]

No: HPFGUIDX 101161

Thank you very much Lee!  I enjoyed your character analysis 
thoroughly -- not that I learned anything new (I'm a HP nerd! 
NOOO!!), but it was good to be reminded of all the characters from 
impartial perspective.

>>> Lee: Guess what I'm trying to emphasize is that yes, one might be 
to some extent a product of one's environment, but there's also that 
matter of choice.  We can choose to be miserable or we can choose to 
seek out some good in the dregs life has dealt. <<<

Bren: Something I learned from my first-year Biology class:
"Phenotype = Genotype x Environment"

In cases like this:

- Phenotype = one's ultimate decision/action/judgment
- Genotype = one's personality/persona/past experience
- Environment = external circumstances

>>> Lee: As one poster said, the characters are an awful lot like 
people we knew in school or know now.  Our likes and dislikes are 
colored by those images and not everyone is going to like the same 
people for the same reasons.  That's okay, Folks! <<<

Bren: No character is perfect; everyone has faults and flaws.  Better 
yet, everyone is from different background or experience, and for 
some we find more connection to, and some we don't.  That is what 
makes all HP characters so REAL, and that is why the series are such 
a huge success!  Our liking to certain characters come from our own 
experience and values taught by parents/teachers/peers, thus it's no 
wonder our opinions differ so much.  This difference must be 
respected, for otherwise it will suggest that one doesn't respect the 
identity of another party altogether.  As long as each side presents 
arguments with canon accordingly, there isn't too much to do anymore.

>>> Lee: Let's just agree to disagree, respecting the opinions of the 
ones with whom we may disagree.  I call it constructive 
disagreement. :-) <<< 

Bren: Hear, hear!!!  Sounds great to me.

>>> Lee: Love you all, and I've left a box of Honeydukes Sampler on 
Flitwick's desk. :-)  Eat up!

Bren: Lucky Flitwick, I could really use some of those Honeydukes 
Samples...

Bren, who thinks "Who-is-the-adult" debate is becoming bigger than DD-
LV war...