MBC**

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 179687

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:
>
> **MOST BELOVED CHARACTER

> I find it hard to pin down *most* beloved, myself.  
> 
> At risk of being labelled a great big shallow, schmaltzy sap, it's 
> tempting to huff on my D'oH shield, polish it up to a glossy sheen, 
> and say, "Why, it's HARRY, of course!"  
> Others care to play? :)
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan

Geoff:
Throw me another duster, Susan, and I'll help you with your polishing.
:-)

Beloved is perhaps not quite the right word - people might start 
misinterpreting my motives(!). But Harry is a person with whom I 
identify so much. Putting it politely, I was in the slim category in 
my teens. I'm still considered reasonably shapely for my advanced 
years, having no middle-aged spread and having kept the same 
weight since I was seventeen. I probably had the same sort of worries 
as Harry; my hair - when I had more - was also untameable and I 
had a similar experience to Harry's in GOF in taking a young lady 
to a ball when I was a bit old than he was. But I recognise the feeling 
of impeding doom that he had at that event.

Secondly, although I don't often agree with Betsy, I do have a sneaking
liking for Draco. I would so much have liked some sort of rapprochement 
between them at the end. I know the enmity was needed for dramatic 
tension but I felt that they both lost out because of that darned refused 
handshake in PS. If it had come to pass, there have been some interesting 
stories written over the years about friends who find themselves on the 
opposite sides of such a situation such as we have in the HP books.

Geoff
I'm quite discombobulated by the MBC title. To me it means Minehead 
Baptist Church, where I am a member....