Scene with likeable James

[juli17 at aol.com]

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> Irene: 
> > I said that they only bothered to be decent,
> > honourable and friendly towards members of their
> pack.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Well, the original post talked about likeable James,
> no? 

Irene:
That's why I said likeable is a confusing word. I
didn't realise you mean it in a sense "being liked by
the others", I was thinking of this:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/likeable


Julie:
Likeable or well-liked, I'm not sure it's very pertinent to
James' character, good or bad, or anyone else's. After all 
we've been told Tom Riddle was charming and likeable, able
to ape perfect social skills even when he no doubt didn't feel
them. Apparently Ted Bundy was quite likeable and socially
skilled--when he wasn't busy murdering women he'd befriended.
 
I'd take honestly unlikeable, a Snape or wacky Luna, any
day over a charming and likeable Tom Riddle or Ted Bundy. 
 
And I'm not saying James was a bad person at all, he likely
was a good person in most aspects, especially once he grew up.
I'm just saying that using likeability to judge character is
not a very reliable method at all. Which is why I'm fine with
a teenage James who was liked by his friends and housemates,
but disliked by those he routinely hexed--go figure--whether
they were all Slytherins, 1st years of other houses, etc. At
least that makes him honestly deserving of said feelings of
others.
 
Julie 
 



    
    
        
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