Character you wanted to like, but didn't

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 179712

Cathy (YasminOaks) wrote:
> <snip> There was one character that I thought all along I would just
 love, but after reading DH I found I didn't like her much at all.
That character is Lily. <snip>

Carol responds:

I agree with you. I'm not sure what I expected of Lily, but from the
moment she called Severus "Snivellus" and told him to wash his
underwear, I found it difficult to like her. Admittedly, she was
provoked by his "filthy little Mudblood" remark, but surely she could
see that her attempt to help him when, in a fair fight, he'd be
perfectly able to defend himself, was humiliating to him, not to
mention that it was obvious she was flirting with James. And
Slughorn's references to her as "cheeky" didn't help. (What sort of
teacher *awards points* for cheek?) And even in the Prince's Tale, I
din't like her all that much, especially refusing to forgive Severus
when he abjectly apologized and even waited outside the Gryffindor
common room, apparently intending to sleep on the landing, until she
came out. 

Of course, I'm not being objective here because I'm a Snape fan, but I
just can't like her any more than I can like Sirius Black, who refuses
to be sorry, even in his mid-thirties, for trying to get Severus
killed. (*He* was an Animagus and perfectly safe in a werewolf's
presence, but Severus didn't know that little secret.) And Snape's
adoration of her, even though it led to his redemption, is not based
on the real Lily, as far as I can tell.

I don't think it's *just* the Snape factor. I expected something from
Lily, exactly what, I'm not sure, that I just didn't get. (Calling her
sister "Tuney" grated on my nerves, too.) Purely subjective, I realize.

I didn't answer the "most beloved character" question because anyone
who has read my posts knows the answer. (S*N*A*P*E! Severus, Severus,
Severus! Yea!)

Carol, tempted to defend Ron but resisting because this thread is
about feelings and subjective reactions, which can't be altered by
rational arguments, and one person's reactions are as valid as another's