What HP Character Scares You Most?

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 191850


> Nikkalmati: 
> > The character who scares me the most is Umbridge, because she is so completely believable, I;m sure she exists in RL, and because she has no doubts or self-awareness.

 
> Geoff:
> Interesting, because Umbridge doesn't scare me. She makes me so frustrated,
> wound up and flaming angry that I could cheerfully throttle her. I have on 
> occasion met people like her who are so assured that they are right and the 
> world should acknowledge this and revolve round them and I foster an extreme
> dislike because everything that is said contrary to their view is just water off 
> a duck's back. 

Annemehr:
This might make an interesting thread.  How many characters in the Potterverse are really assured that they are right?  How many times have we seen them really considering anyone else's point of view?  McGonagall?  Dumbledore?  Harry?  Hermione?  Luna?

The thing that might make Umbridge scary is that she has both the inclination and the power to force her point of view onto the lives of others.  Imagine if someone like this had authority over you.  Some of us, I'm sure, don't have to imagine too hard.

Geoff:
> Within the Potterverse, I think that Percy Weasley and Gilderoy 
> Lockhart come close to this but are nowhere near as dangerous as Umbridge, 
> and in the real world, I would nominate Richard Dawkins as one person who 
> falls into this category.


Annemehr:
Richard Dawkins?  Really?  No, he's nothing like Umbridge.