Defining Moments (was Re: CHAPDISC: DH32, The Elder Wand

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 184800

Potioncat:
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It's probably just such moments that have caused readers to like or
dislike a character--as opposed to being indifferent. For example,
readers seem to really like or really dislike Luna, but to me she's
just another character.

Does anyone else have a defining moment that made an impression about
a particular character, and determined how the reader felt about that
character?
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Alla:

I think I do have such moments for several characters, not for Snape 
though – too many of them to list lol. And now it is really hard to 
say if the moments I am about to list were truly defining on the 
first read, but here it is for what it is worth, if I am remember my 
first reactions correctly. Also sometimes my reactions did change 
back.

I think the moment when Harry sees Dobby with the pile of letters in 
his hands  is when started to get seriously annoyed with Dobby and 
annoyance never left me till he died, then I cried. 

I think that I fell for Sirius when he was telling Harry that he as 
if killed his parents and when he offers Harry to live with him.

I think and this one pretty easy I could not stand Grawp the moment 
he appeared in the story.

I think that my dislike of Albus Dumbledore **certain actions** 
(okay, many actions) transformed into extreme dislike of the 
character as a whole after I read Prince's tale.

Speaking about Slughorn, I stand by my response that I loved his 
response to Harry about the point for the cheek, but I think I also 
liked him so much after I read about him running away from the DE. To 
me there was something in his story that I could just identify with 
in a sense. No, I do not have a network of favorites, or something. 
It is the idea that the person who loves comfort so much still 
decided to do **something** in order to avoid joining DE, even this 
something is just running. I mean, I keep telling myself that if 
necessity arises I will stand up and fight? But will I? I do not know 
till I am in the situation. I respect when person makes some attempt 
to avoid joining Evil.

And I loved Minerva since I heard her telling Dumbledore what exactly 
she thinks of Dursleys. It is funny to think about it how many of my 
moments were the moments when I met the character for the first time. 

For some of the characters ( cough Snape, cough), my impression got 
worse and worse and then when I reread the first moments, I certainly 
remember that my reaction changed, for some other characters the 
overall positive first impression stayed for me, even if the 
character sometimes committed less than admirable actions.

JMO,
Alla