Character you wanted to like, but didn't

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No: HPFGUIDX 179700

> Bart:
> 	Actually, Viktor Krum seemed like a pretty nice guy, but I 
never did 
> take a shine to him; he just seemed a bit on the slow side for 
someone 
> who was supposed to be champion of a school.
> 
> 	So, everybody, is there any character from the books who you 
WANTED to 
> like, but, for some reason, just couldn't?
> 


Alla:

Hmmm, the character I wanted to like but could not like **at all**? 
If it is so, then funnily I do not think such characters exist. I 
mean, if I want to like character, that means I find in them 
something likable already and will like that quality at least, if 
not the whole character, you know?


Now, if what you are asking is whether there is a character that I 
wanted to like **more** than I did, then sure such characters exist.


First one is Hagrid, I think. I never hated him or anything, I 
thought he was very nice guy, Harry's first friend, etc, but he 
always seemed a little blah to me. I thought author wanted me to 
like him more, but I just could not.

Second one is Lupin. I liked him fine, but I always wanted to like 
him as much as I like Sirius and James, but I just could not. I 
could not like him more because he never bothered to visit Harry 
(Sirius was in Azkaban, what excuse did HE have?), I could not like 
him more because he just took Snape's abuse in PoA and did nothing 
to hit back, I wanted him to be stronger. And again, yes I know why 
he could not, know all his issues and more, but at the same time it 
prevented me from liking him more than I wanted to.

Hmmmm, on the first glance that is it.

But again I realise that I may be not answering your question 
correctly, since I do not have characters that I wanted to like and 
could not like **at all**, I only have characters that I wanted to 
like **more** than I did.

Alla