Which Harry Potter character you would have wanted to bring home

[JLyon]

No: HPFGUIDX 185952

As a wife: Tonks (full of life and a real mother lion when it comes  
to protecting others). Nobody else in the books shows the potential  
to be as great a life mate as Tonks, nor to have such potential as a  
bed mate. She if fun, intelligent, strong (and not in the Womens'  
Liberation fake sort of strong which is mostly self-centered and  
bitchy), not controlling, rolls with life's blows, and doesn't blame  
others for how and where she is. My wife objects to her hair colors,  
but I have no problem with that as long as she lets me laugh at her  
choices sometimes.
Herms has her good points, especially when portrayed by Emma "I've  
been hot since I was 13" Watson, but she has a lot of Molly the  
Foghorn and an over-bearing, demanding, and nagging nature in her. It  
is too much her way or the highway.
Once you are past Herms and Tonks, you are really into secondary  
undeveloped characters. Fleur and Ginny are certainly not fully  
fleshed out (and in Fleur's case, that's a crying shame). The rest of  
the female cast are practically names only. In Ginny's case, just the  
facts that she allowed her first born to be named Albus Severus  
condemns her. Does she have any idea the hell those two purposely put  
her husband and supposed love through for their own enjoyment? Does  
she have any sense of what is best for Harry or is she just trying to  
be the "perfect wife" as taught to her by Mollycoddle and live in her  
dream world?
Luna, of course, is so unique that I would be drawn to be her friend.  
She could be a very interesting person to invite over for an evening  
of conversation and might just be a great one to fall in love with.  
However, her character is still shaped more by our impression than  
being a fully realized character.
The other female characters that I think would be interesting would  
be  Padma and Parvati. They both were thoroughly abused at the Yule  
Ball but got through it with relative grace and class and never  
seemed to shove it back in Harry's or Ron's face. They show some  
promise of being really great persons and well worth knowing. That  
fact that they are among the most beautiful of Hogwarts would just be  
a bonus. They seem like they could be very interesting to know. Of  
the two, of course, I would lean to Padma (as Parvati hangs around  
Lavender and talks about fashion and makeup too much).

As a husband: Bill. Never, ever, Ron. Won-won and Lav-lav seemed like  
a match made in heaven, except Lav-lev would be way too high- 
maintenance for Won-won to ever handle. I would accept if my daughter  
was "in love" with the lump, but I wouldn't expect the marriage to  
last (Hermione: Yes, child, Harry was always my best friend and my  
first real friend, but your father was just such a lovable oaf,  
calling me names, arguing, insulting, deserting us in our time of  
need. I just couldn't help myself but love him. After all, if not me,  
who?Besides, he needs someone to support him emotionally and  
financially).
The main thing going for Bill was that he was smart enough on his own  
to get the hell out of the Burrow as soon as he could and away from  
that poor excuse for a mother and establish his own identity. Now, I  
think that all parents are crazy (and I'm a parent so I can say it),  
but Molly is beyond anything I could put up with. She is domineering,  
demanding, self-righteous, worships authority and expects her  
authority to be worshipped, and has a very restricted view of what is  
good for her children (and every other child she runs into).
Harry, in books 6 and 7, is a totally useless wizard but still a  
really nice guy who will always treat his wife with care and love and  
wants so much to make up for the things that Bumbles did to him (to  
the point of actually forgiving and "understanding" why the man made  
his life a living hell and led him to self-sacrifice). He could be a  
good husband, but he needs several years of therapy to get over what  
Bumbles and Snape did to him. Just naming an innocent child Albus  
Severus is enough for me to want my daughter to avoid him. He is  
still in a world of self-pity and has no self-confidence.
Neville shows a lot of promise.

If I wanted an evening of entertainment, I might invite Arthur over  
(as long as Molly stays home).

JLyon