Which Harry Potter character you would have wanted to bring home to meet par

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 185915

> Alla:
> 
> Heee, I just wanted to clarify the parameters for choosing the 
> character. Yes, it has to be somebody whom your family would approve 
> of, for sure, so you would need to explain him as respectable 
> candidate, HOWEVER, if you at the same time like him, it is even more 
> wonderful.
> 
> What I am trying to say is that if you think of the character ONLY as 
> a bad boy/girl, that character cannot be here, but if you can show us 
> that he can be BOTH - bad boy with the heart of gold or something 
> like that AND good husband, more power to you, you know?
> 
> Two do not have to be mutually exclusive, it is just there needs to 
> be something to show your family, your family does not need to know 
> everything lol.
> 
> Alla

Montavilla47:

I was thinking about Snape in terms of taking him home to my family--
and I think he would do pretty well.  My family tends to enjoy dry wit,
which he has.  They like to hear about interesting jobs--so they wouldn't
be bored when he talked about potions or D.A.D.A.  They wouldn't be
put off by black clothing or greasy hair--much.  They might be a put 
off by the teeth--but if his breath isn't bad, that isn't such a drawback.
Whether or not they would like the tattoo would probably depend on 
how well he pulled it off. For example, even the scuzziest tattoo works
if you have a good story about how you got it.

Of course, the racism would be off-putting.  But then, as long as none
of us turned him upside and pantsed him, he'd probably keep that 
trait in check.  And we're not really a turn-people-upside-down-and-
pants-them kind of family.