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[Renee]

No: HPFGUIDX 179653

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman"
<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:
>
> *MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER
> 
> I'm curious what you all think about this.  Did you have a character 
> that, right up to the end, grated on your nerves, bugged the heck out 
> of you, just ANNOYED?
> 
Renee:

#1 Hagrid, from CoS onwards until he carried Harry back to Hogwarts;
his grief had a redeeming quality. But for most of the series, though
he didn't seem to have a bad bone in his body, he was hugely annoying.
Much more so than Grawp.

#2 Tonks, especially when she showed off her wedding-ring to Harry at
the beginning of DH, and also when she looked radiant because of her
pregnancy but apparently remained oblivious to the fact that Lupin
was very unhappy with it. Nothing she did convinced me that Lupin
wasn't dead right when he considered himself too old for her. I'm not
surprised he got more whiny than ever in DH. I doubt it was JKR's
intention to make their relationship dysfunctional, but it was. Dying
was the best thing that could happen to them (though I'm sorry for
Andromeda and Teddy). Had they survived, Lupin's issues would have
resurfaced on a regular base, and I don't think Tonks was capable of
handling them. And the arrival of a baby rarely solves relationship
troubles.

#3 Lily, but this is mainly because of the dissonance between how
Rowling wants us to see her, and how she comes across to me. Flirting
with a bully who humiliates a boy who considers you his friend? Not Done.

#4 Zacharias Smith. But he's meant to be annoying.

Renee