Which Harry Potter character you would have wanted to bring home

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 185982

Alla wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/185918>:

<< I am afraid I do not understand this as answer to my hypothetical.
I do not believe I ever asked about Snape as good husband to Lily. >>

Catlady:
I thought you were asking whether the character would be a good
husband for the listie, based on the character's character traits and
the listie's response to them. Such as, Snape is viciously sarcastic;
listie would constantly feel hurt by being on the receiving end of the
sarcasm, or listie is accustomed to ignoring verbal abuse. (I hadn't
realized that you meant << I am playing a hypothetical where you
**need** your parents approval and where guy (or girl) must pass it,
>> that the question was actually the listie's *parents'* response to
the character's character traits.) <SNIP>

Alla:

Ah, okay thanks for clarifying and sorry for being confusing. Right, 
I definitely played the hypothetical about needing parents' approval, 
but I also meant somebody whom listie will love, so it is sort of 
both. I mean, if listie can fell in love but parents will not 
approve, it does not count for the purpose of my game.

But basically I was getting at presenting why character can be good 
at marriage or long term relationship, you know?

Catlady:
I was thinking that the character's emotional entanglements may be as
important as his character traits in whether he would be a good
husband for some specific person.

Alla:

Well, yes, but the point of my hypothetical is what Zanooda said – 
consider them all single and at any age you want to, because really 
quite a few of them are dead at the end of the book. I mean, yes 
Snape's love for Lily has to be considered as part of the whole 
package, because without it we will have a different character, but 
certainly for the purpose of this game list member should decide if 
she would be able to deal with Snape's devotion lol. <SNIP>

Jkoney:
<SNIP>
Considering we are told over and over that James grew up and was a
great guy and that he died a hero, naming your son after him is not a
big stretch.

Alla:

I think naming his son after Snape takes a cake as a biggest stretch 
of them all, so after that nothing counts as  a stretch to me.  
Acknowledge what Snape did – SURE of course, I would have done that 
too, make sure he is publicly praised as a hero, not a traitor, make 
sure he is given all respect due as a hero of war, blah, blah, blah. 
However, I find it totally unbelievable that Harry would do **this** 
for Snape.  Having said that, Harry just died for them all, so I 
judge Christ like figures by very different standards than I judge us 
mere mortals. So every time I hear Albus Severus, I cringe as I said 
up thread, but at the same time I remind myself who Harry is and tell 
myself that Christ like figures are supposed to forgive everybody 
including the bastards like Snape. Oh well.

JMO of course.