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

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 185942

> Potioncat:
>  OK, Alla, time to reveal your choice!
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Alla:

Okay, so I guess I should reveal my choice. I put this remark of 
yours on top purposefully, because I wanted to reply to your choices 
that way.

Potioncat:
> I know you asked about "a" character, and I've replied once, but I 
> was thinking about the characters in general; and also, who would I 
> want my son or daughter to bring home for me to meet?
> 
> Neville probably gets first place, with Ron and Harry tied for 
> second. All of them are brave, caring, loyal. Neville seems to have 
a 
> bit more moral fiber. But maybe that's because we saw less of him.


Alla:

Hm, I would definitely want for my niece to bring Harry or Ron home. 
And if we are talking about Harry or Ron at the end of the books they 
are definitely right choice for me, heh. I mean if I would not have 
seen them in the epilogue, then if I would have to project them being 
older, I would have probably chosen Ron, but not Harry for myself 
since love Harry as I am, he has issues and would probably need lots 
of therapy after all he had been through.

But it looks to me as if he is a good dad, with good job, etc, and he 
has plenty moral fiber for me.

So, yes older Harry or Ron will be my top choices.

Potioncat: 
> I wouldn't want any of the Marauders. Remus is the only one who 
comes 
> close. But Remus is weak, and to quick to give up, or back down. 
> Besides, if he and I were on the same moon cycle, it could be 
> dangerous.
> 
> Lupin was friendlier to Harry and did a better job of teaching 
Harry 
> than Snape; but he could have told him much more than he did. Snape 
> was really there for Harry through it all and Lupin wasn't.


Alla:

I was going to say that I do not want to bring home any of Marauders 
either, but then I realized that it also may not be true.

So, let's start with Sirius, who is hand down my favorite adult 
character. No, of course I would not bring home post Azkaban Sirius, 
way too many issues for me to think of him as  a good husband. As you 
remarked about Snape, maybe after years of therapy, but that does not 
count for the purposes of this game :-)

But then I realized that really I know nothing bad about young 
Sirius, meaning not that I think of him as perfect character or 
something, but I know nothing about him that would prevent me from 
imagining him as good husband. So if Sirius never went to Azkaban, 
who knows, heh. He is smart, loyal to boot not only to his friends, 
but to their child too. I am not sure though if he would have been 
able to find good job though.

Remus? Oh dear, no way, NO thank you, younger or older. One has only 
has to look at the way he treated Tonks IMO. And it is not that I am 
convinced that they have had to be together, quite the contrary. I am 
convinced that he never loved Tonks enough, but did not have the 
strength to tell every well wisher around him including Tonks who 
wanted him and Tonks to be together to go jump in the lake and  leave 
him the heck alone.

But see now, the more I think about James, the more I think that it 
is quite possible I would have loved to bring him home to my family 
and my family would have totally approved. Now I of course did not 
see enough of their married life, but in that scene of their death to 
me he appeared a loving husband and father. And I know he is rich too 
AND I know he was okay with his wife working despite them having 
money. I mean of course he and Lily were working for the Order, but 
still I think I can infer that he would be okay with Lily working in 
the peace time. Um, what's not to like? I would never want to stay 
home, but  to have enough money to have a freedom to work as much as 
I want and to do what I want. Yeah, I would love that. Oh and no, 
before anybody asks, I do not  think any woman needs husband's 
permission to work or not to work. I was just thinking about this as 
another angle they do not need to argue over, that's all.



Sooooo, again I fully admit not having enough information to judge 
about him as a husband, but from what I saw, sure why not.

Oh, wait he hated Snape a lot.  Yeah, what not to like. :)


Potioncat: 
> I'll second Percy as having qualities for a good mate, but I think 
he 
> shares a trait with Snape. He's ambitious and I think he would have 
> certain expectations for the wife and kids that would be hard to 
live 
> up to. I can picture Percy's family as almost similar to the 
> Dursleys, entertaining the right people to climb the ladder, but on 
a 
> different level, and with style.

Alla:

Since I was thinking about somebody my parents would approve but whom 
I would love to, I just have to say oh no thank you for Percy.

But I do love Zanooda's choice of Bill, I really do :-)