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[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 179680

> >>SSSusan:
> *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?
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
Ooh, fun question!  Okay, from almost start to finish (not PS/SS when 
my love was pretty pure and I wasn't reading too critically, but 
certainly from CoS on) Hagrid.  The "funny" drunk bit was annoying, 
and I connect him with the worst sort of "animal lover".  The kind 
that just *love* big cats and so buy a lion on the blackmarket to 
keep in their flat and then blubber and scream when the poor half-mad 
beast takes down a child and has to be put down.  Blech.  On top of 
that, he would. not. die!  Seriously, the blood-bath in DH was huge, 
and Hagrid always seemed about ready to buy it, and then JKR would 
bring him on back.  (I suspect a serious cruel streak there.  How 
else to explain that useless chapter in HBP? <g>)

But the character who *became* annoying as I read through DH... brace 
yourselves... Harry "I keep my brain in my *other* pants" Potter.  My 
God, the stupidity was just... awesome.  And frankly, it makes a good 
argument for kids being allowed to watch TV.  Even a casual watcher 
of the worst sort of drek (example: "The A-Team") could have come up 
with better plans then Harry "oh, I had a thought, no wait, wait, 
yeah, it's gone" Potter.

Betsy Hp (hanging out in a hotel lobby)