Bad guys vs Good guys WAS: Re: Ginny Haters/ a bit of Draco

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> Joe: 
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>   I guess what I am asking is why many people will make excuse 
after excuse for Draco and to a lesser degree Snape and then hammer 
Ginny, Ron, Hagrid etc? I guess it is more of a why does character 
matter for some of the HP characters and not the others?
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>   Do we just always expect the "good guys" to be perfect?
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>   Are the bad guys "always" just tortured souls who would have 
been great people if their dad had hugged them more? If so why no 
love for Bellatrix or Voldemort?


Alla:

Oooo, totally my answer would be YES. BUT this is just general 
observation and of course it all comes down to the characters we 
like or not IMO.

Take Ron for example. Here we have nice, brave, loyal, sweet, decent 
guy. I was SHOCKED, literally shocked at how many people in fandom 
hate him. And I am still trying to decipher what multitude of sins 
Ron committed to deserve such hatred. 

I mean, SURE he makes mistakes as any kid will do, but my puzzlement 
is how fandom ( I AM generalising, I know that, I know that not 
everybody does that, but again I have seen it enough times to 
conclude that I do have a right to make such generalisation) turns 
Ron into Traitor!Ron, into Coward!Ron, etc.

I mean, this is the guy who stood in front of Harry with broken leg 
and was ready to die for him.

This is the guy who after the fight they had in GoF came back 
running the moment he realised that Harry is being hunted. Traitor!
Ron IMO does not exist anywhere in the canon.

And here we have Draco, who is really poor misunderstood soul 
underneath all that "pureblooded" bigotry and murder attempts. :)

Personally and again just my observation which is not in any way 
objective, the love for Draco and Snape has a lot to do with 
hurt/comfort. Not everything, but a lot IMO

I am guilty of that myself of course. Love tortured characters who 
are looking for redemption and despite the fact that I always hated 
Snape's behaviour towards Harry and Neville, prior to HBP I hoped 
that Snape will find some kind of peace for himself, while realising 
that he was so wrong about Harry.

Of course HBP effectively cured me of that. Now the only wish I have 
for Snape is to see him suffer, A LOT. :) He committed one bad deed 
too many for me to feel any kind of "empathy" with him.

I love tortured characters, but not pure villains and here I think 
lies the answer towards why there is no love for Voldemort and 
Bella. Because there is no possible sign anywhere in canon that they 
are tortured souls , although in fanfiction I had seen some stories 
with Voldemort as tortured soul too ( made me very ill ;))

So, yeah, those are just my speculations in answer to your question.

Alla