MBC**

[Katie]

No: HPFGUIDX 179688

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman"
<susiequsie23 at ...> wrote:
>
> **MOST BELOVED CHARACTER
> 
> I've been having fun reading responses to the MAC (Most Annoying 
> Character) question and thought I'd toss out the other end of the 
> spectrum for comment.  Is there a character you simply adore? one you 
> couldn't get enough of, right to the end?  


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***Katie:

Well, I know she's not the most popular chick around here these
days...but Hermione was my soul-sister right up until the end. I
always felt such a kinship with her. I know the pain of enjoying
school, liking being intelligent, and still wanting to be normal,
break rules, and have fun. I spent a lot of high school killing myself
with work during the week and then being...ahem...less than rule
abiding on the weekends.


Hermione just was me. I sympathized with her liberal (if bossy and
uninformed) political views, and I appreciated her loyalty to her
friends and her (usually) reasonable behavior in the face of Harry and
Ron's often unhinged behavior. I loved her burning love for Ron, which
she herself didn't really understand, and I enjoyed watching her
friendship with Harry grow and deepen over the years.


I just always felt Hermione would have been one of my best friends. 


I also always enjoyed Neville. Unlike Hagrid, whose bumbling got on my
nerves, I always found Neville endearing. He always had a quiet,
simmering bravery, even from SS/PS. Watching Neville's confidence grow
and his bravery and heroism blossom, I felt really proud of him. His
moment in DH with Nagini is bar none my favorite moment in that book.
I sobbed like a baby reading it, because I felt I had just seen
Neville truly grow into himself as an adult. I never had a bad moment
with Neville. His scenes are always among my favorites in each book. 


It's hard to narrow it down, but Hermione and Neville definitely top
the list. Katie