[HPforGrownups] Re: MAC*: Harry or Dobby?

[Lee Kaiwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 179868

horridporrid03 blessed us with this gem On 08/12/2007 04:06:

>> *MOST ANNOYING CHARACTER

> 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.

I won't second Harry as the most annoying character (Dobby wins that, 
hands down), however, I'll second nearly everything else you've said.

Having himself been skewered by the sharp end of Rita Skeeter's pen, it 
was just inconceivably dense of Harry in DH to lend any credence 
whatsoever to her Dumbledore expose. His utter credulity despite his 
first-hand experience of Skeeter's fabrications was so seriously 
exasperating in the final book it distracted me from the plot -- oh, 
wait, no, it WAS the plot! I just wanted to reach into the pages of the 
book and slap the dolt silly, as both Ron and Hermione ought to have done.

Still and all, it was the occasional (no doubt adventitious) bout of 
charm that cost Harry the MAC crown. That title goes to the vexatious 
Dobby, who irked me EVERY time he showed up on page. I can't say whether 
it was his tediously twisted English or his nettly penchant for mischief 
that chafed me more, but I found him nearly as irritating as Jar-Jar 
Binks. At least JKR was merciful enough to kill him off, though she took 
far too long getting around to it.

CJ