People Harry Potter you love to hate

[juli17ptf]

No: HPFGUIDX 153664


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> flyingmonkeypurple <tab1669 at ...> 
wrote:                                            Just for fun I was 
thinking about the villains of the story that I 
>   dislike and I was trying to figure out witch people I disliked 
the 
>   most.
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>     Wade:
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>     At the risk of repeating myself, it has been a long time since 
I  have become as angry at a character's behaviour as that of 
Umbridge.  Perhaps because her evilness is so evident (cild abuse of 
Harry the  most abhorent) whereas Voldemort's  in comparison is more  
ephemeral.
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Julie:
I feel the same way about Umbridge. With Voldemort it's more like a 
distant, intellectual hatred of his actions, because he's so removed 
from the action (most of the time). With Snape, I often 
thought "You're such a jerk sometimes" but I never had a visceral 
feeling of hatred for him, and I never cringed at his scenes. He can 
be mean and petty, but he isn't systematically sadistic or abusive.

But Umbridge, she certainly caused a visceral reaction in me. I 
wanted to scratch her eyes out, repeatedly. No other character in HP 
has affected me so negatively in a purely emotional sense. When I 
reread the first 5 books right before HBP came out, the only part I 
dreaded rereading was her scenes with Harry. Umbridge I hate. (Fenrir 
is deserving of such hatred too, but then I didn't have to put up 
with his repulsive presence throughout an entire book!)

Julie