Why down on all the characters?

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 179319

Jeanette: "It just might be me but since the release of DH there seems
to be a very negative feel to a lot of the posts. People are trashing
JKR as a writer, people are trashing the various once-loved
characters... <snip>

Either way, it's not pleasant reading these days. Before there was
always some interesting theory or insight being played with between
posts; surely we have not run out of ideas spawned by the incredibly
rich world JKR created."

I believe it's at least partly the times we live in. A reflection of
this is `gotcha' journalism, where the flaws everyone has are picked
like scabs. It's a kind of nihilism. The essential fact of the story
is that Harry, Dumbledore, Hermione, Ron, Neville and all the rest got
the mission done. It wasn't always pretty and never perfect but that's
how great things are. People who get things done understand that. 

I was always mindful of Harry's and Dumbledore's imperfections, for
example, but it never lowered my respect and fondness for either.

Jim Ferer