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[Pippin]

No: HPFGUIDX 179647

cubfanbudwoman wrote:
> Did you have a character 
> that, right up to the end, grated on your nerves, bugged the heck 
out 
> of you, just ANNOYED?

Not right up to the end, but I was quite annoyed with Harry's 
adolescent angst through most of OotP, so much so that it was a very 
slow read.

It seems I am an exception because Hermione and Luna did NOT ever 
annoy me, with the exception of S.P.E.W.  It seemed to me that 
S.P.E.W. went on much longer than it should have, given Hermione's 
intelligence and perception, but I suppose even Hermione can have a 
blind spot when she becomes obsessed. Luna's direct truth telling--as 
she saw it--was refreshing, and often much needed comic relief.

Hagrid's great ineptness with *everything* from cooking to magic was 
annoying, and it seemed unrealistic to me that he would have been so 
continually 'covered' by AD, and a member of the OotP. Yes, he was 
kind and loyal, but to be given so many responsibilities with such a 
long history of mistakes and giving away secrets after drinking to 
excess and apparently never learning from his mistakes--that was 
annoying.

> * Dobby, who *had* bugged me in the earlier books, but whose death 
> moved me much more than I ever would have guessed it could have...

That death still has me angry with the author.

Rita Skeeter annoyed me also, and I kept hoping she would get her 
just deserts at the end of DH, but it never happened.

Pippin Fowler