Things I like/hate about HP - was Re: Things I like about Harry Potter

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AyanEva wrote :
> 8) Pre-OOTP rivalry between Harry and Draco. It was fun! Now Draco
> just comes off as childish. 

SSSusan:
Do you think so?  I do think Draco's awfully two-dimensional, but 
that little encounter with Harry at the end of OoP gave me hope that 
he'll develop into a more serious rival.  Somehow his use of the 
term "my dad" instead of his usual "my father" when threatening Harry 
seemed more truly menacing than usual.


AyanEva:
> 2) Post-OOTP Draco. He's become a bit one-dimensional and irrelevant
> in this book....
> 3) Static Ron. Ron's character didn't evolve in Book 5, so now he's 
> a bit out of kilter with Harry, Hermione, and Neville. He's got the 
> same problem as Draco's character.

SSSusan:
I'm not sure I can agree with this.  Well, Draco as 2-D I just said, 
above, but Ron's character having the same "one-dimensionality and 
irrelevance" as Draco's?  I did see character development in Ron's 
trying out for & struggling with his role on the Quidditch team as 
well as in the storyline of his becoming Prefect.  


AyanEva:
> 7) James Potter. I don't hate him, but I'm very disappointed in
> MWPP-era James. <snip> Harry is certainly not like his father was 
> in school. *chides Severus for continually believing that Harry is*

SSSusan:
I'm pleased to see that last little bit in there about Snape. ;-)


AyanEva:
> 8) Nymphadora Tonks. I don't hate her so much as distrust her. I 
> can't quite put my finger on it, and maybe it'll turn out to be 
> nothing, but I wouldn't let her near any sensitive information.
>
> And now for Luna.  I  think part of it is that I see her as an 
> outside threat to the Trio. I don't want anyone to be added to the 
> Trio. Neville's OK, because he was there from the get-go. <snip>  I 
> don't like the threat that Luna poses to Hermione in replacing her 
> as Harry's counsel (see end of Book 5). I found myself irrational 
> in my intent to side with Hermione in every confrontation between 
> her and Luna. Which is funny, because I think that's the point that 
> JKR is trying to address. The dismissal of things that don't appear 
> logical isn't always beneficial. It's a good point to make, but I 
> still hate Luna, the irritating prat.

SSSusan:
I did not care, much at all, for either of these two new female 
characters in OoP (not to mention a 3rd new female character, 
Umbridge!).  I don't *dis*like Tonks, actually, but her character 
just kind of bugged me.  I see some potential for her, though, if JKR 
will flesh her out more.  

Luna, OTOH?  I'm afraid I'm totally with you, AyanEva.  Irrational as 
it may be (as you say), my response to her was a lot like yours.  She 
bugged me so much, I tended to side with Hermione even when Hermione 
*should* have opened up a little to the possibility of things outside 
books & logic & proof.


Siriusly Snapey Susan, who dislikes any shipping involving Luna 
because she just doesn't like Luna.