Truly Human (was RE: [HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius vs. Snape)

[Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

No: HPFGUIDX 99468

| From: Kathryn Cawte [mailto:kcawte at ntlworld.com]
| Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 14:34 PM
| Surely I'm not the only person here who is capable of considering them
| *both* as being far from 'perfect' (but no-one's perfect and they
| both seem
| to have a heap load of good reasons for why they act the way they do,
| without trying to excuse the way they act because they're both capable of
| being quite spiteful and *incredibly* childish at times) and
| *still* adores
| them both absolutely (to the point where I refuse to get too
| deeply involved
| in this thread because it's doing dangerous things to my blood
| pressure and
| my ability to be polite to people).

[Lee]

Ah--don't let it get yr pressure up. :-)

Look, one of the beauties of the books is that every single character is
flawed.  And why is that? Because they are all--mostly all--human.  As long
as humans exist, there will be flaws.

No matter who you meet, no matter how much you might love someone, that
person is going to do things that will irk you, seem totally out of
character, make really big mistakes, etc., but you love them anyway.

I adore my husband; this doesn't mean there aren't times I might want to
throttle him for acting really stupid about something.  But what I need to
remember is that what seems stupid, irrational, off-the-wall to me is not
the same for him.  Easier said than done, true? :-)

Now, back to Sirius and Snape and the rest of the gang: there are things
they will do and say that will seem irrational to one of the other
characters, but to the one doing it, that one feels he/she has a really good
reason for the action or words.

When you get characters that are always perfect, always right, always
stable, the interaction is always oh-so-predictable.  But the most lovable
thing about the Potterverse is that there isn't one flawless character which
makes the interactions and ships so _unpredictable_ and interesting.

Smile...the Daily Prophet is watching... :-)

Cheers,

Lee :-)
(Who loves your spelling of "Kathryn")

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