My Confession, WAS Re: Poor Fred :(

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 174245

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lisa" <sassymomofthree at ...> 
wrote:
>
> > JW:
> > The short and direct answer is that if Bill, Charlie or Percy 
had 
> > bought the farm, you would not have cared.  JKR *WANTED* you to 
> > care.  JKR *WANTED* you shocked. She succeeded.
> 
> Lisa:
> 
> Okay, let the shocked and appalled flames begin.  I'm about to 
confess.
> 
> I've never cared for the twins.  They were funny from time to 
time ... 
> but mostly annoying to me.
> 
> I didn't care that Fred died.  I was just happy it wasn't Ron.  :0X
> 
> There.  I've said it.  Whew -- finally got that off my chest!  LOL!
> 
> Lisa
>
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Katie Replies (While wiping tears away for my beloved Fred):

I am sure you are not alone in this! : )
Everyone has their favorites, and their un-favorites, and sometimes 
when JKR means you to care for someone...you don't. It's that simple.

Now, I adore the twins. I have known so many guys like them: funny, 
cocky, silly, but when the chips are down, they're right where you 
need them to be. I have a lot of admiration for their Umbridge 
rebellion, and I think they're generally pretty great guys. I wept 
myself silly and had to take a break from the book when Fred died. 

However, in sympathy with your dislike of the twins, let me make my 
own confession...I've never liked Hagrid much. ACK. That was hard to 
say. I've even tried to tell myself that I DO like Hagrid...but the 
truth is, in rereads, I often skip Hagrid parts and his blundering 
buffoonery is sometimes too much for me. I appreciate his love of 
Harry and I did enjoy seeing him fight off Umbridge in OotP...but I 
actually like Fang more than I like his master. Sometimes I just 
want to shake Hagrid and say, "Shape up!What's wrong with you 
anyway?" 

So, don't despair...;) - I am sure plenty of us dislike people 
we "aren't supposed to"! KATIE (still crying about Fred...)