From coverton1982 at hotmail.com Mon Oct 9 20:38:16 2017 From: coverton1982 at hotmail.com (Corey overton) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 20:38:16 +0000 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No: HPFGUIDX 193157 I know this is kind of a old topic in the HP discussion thing I don't have a character that scared me but there were a couple I didn't like. Umbridge for a major one. I didn't like Snape at first but when you found what happened later in the books he was a okay character. Corey > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/12) >> Ebony AKA AngieJ: >> I think it bears discussing here. We are all adults (or close enough to it)--are there any aspects or characters in the Harry Potter books that creep you out? From ravenclaweric at gmail.com Mon Oct 9 23:23:27 2017 From: ravenclaweric at gmail.com (Eric Oppen) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 18:23:27 -0500 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No: HPFGUIDX 193158 Umbridge is probably the scariest. Voldemort is just too OTT, but Umbridge is someone you could imagine having to deal with. If you haven't, already... On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 3:38 PM, Corey overton coverton1982 at hotmail.com [HPforGrownups] wrote: > I know this is kind of a old topic in the HP discussion thing I don't have > a character that scared me but there were a couple I didn't like. Umbridge > for a major one. I didn't like Snape at first but when you found what > happened later in the books he was a okay character. > > Corey > > > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/12) > >> Ebony AKA AngieJ: > >> I think it bears discussing here. We are all adults (or close enough to > it)--are there any aspects or characters in the Harry Potter books that > creep you out? > > > ------------------------------------ > Posted by: Corey overton > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo Groups Links > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From renfield1893 at gmail.com Mon Oct 9 22:27:04 2017 From: renfield1893 at gmail.com (Hugin) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 15:27:04 -0700 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? References: Message-ID: <026e01d3414d$bc493d40$0600a8c0@Jekyll> No: HPFGUIDX 193159 Voldemort. He has no soul. I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed. I get along with the voices inside of my head. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From renfield1893 at gmail.com Mon Oct 9 23:33:11 2017 From: renfield1893 at gmail.com (Hugin) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 16:33:11 -0700 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? References:

Message-ID: <051b01d34156$f92523b0$0600a8c0@Jekyll> No: HPFGUIDX 193160 I don't know. Volddemort vs Umbridge, she's dead and he's still around to get you. lOL. I could just bitch slap that woman down. I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed. I get along with the voices inside of my head. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klewellen at shellworld.net Tue Oct 10 00:35:22 2017 From: klewellen at shellworld.net (Karen Lewellen) Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 20:35:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No: HPFGUIDX 193161 Bella hands down with Umbridge as perhaps a tie. In some ways I might even reverse those. after all Umbridge is perfectly sane . Karen On Mon, 9 Oct 2017, Corey overton coverton1982 at hotmail.com [HPforGrownups] wrote: > I know this is kind of a old topic in the HP discussion thing I don't have a character that scared me but there were a couple I didn't like. Umbridge for a major one. I didn't like Snape at first but when you found what happened later in the books he was a okay character. > > Corey > >> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/12) >>> Ebony AKA AngieJ: >>> I think it bears discussing here. We are all adults (or close enough to it)--are there any aspects or characters in the Harry Potter books that creep you out? > From sherriola at gmail.com Tue Oct 10 08:50:38 2017 From: sherriola at gmail.com (Sherry Gomes) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 02:50:38 -0600 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: <49c601d341a4$d92ec7c0$8b8c5740$@gmail.com> No: HPFGUIDX 193162 Cory asked: I know this is kind of an old topic in the HP discussion thing I don't have a character that scared me but there were a couple I didn't like. Umbridge for a major one. I didn't like Snape at first but when you found what happened later in the books he was a okay character. Sherry now: Dumbledore. Sure, Umbridge, Voldemort, Bellatrix, were bad characters, but we knew they were. They didn?t hide their evil. Dumbledore was willing to sacrifice absolutely anyone for his version of the so-called greater good. Good men working in secret and getting away with it because nobody questions them, is much more frightening to me, than those who are obviously doing bad things. You know what to expect from the evil ones, but the good guys can be just as bad in very different ways. Sherry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cresorchid at gmail.com Tue Oct 10 13:06:10 2017 From: cresorchid at gmail.com (Sandra Lynn) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 08:06:10 -0500 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? In-Reply-To: <49c601d341a4$d92ec7c0$8b8c5740$@gmail.com> References:

<49c601d341a4$d92ec7c0$8b8c5740$@gmail.com> Message-ID: No: HPFGUIDX 193163 Dumbledore. Sure, Umbridge, Voldemort, Bellatrix, were bad characters, but we knew they were. They didn?t hide their evil. Dumbledore was willing to sacrifice absolutely anyone for his version of the so-called greater good. Good men working in secret and getting away with it because nobody questions them, is much more frightening to me, than those who are obviously doing bad things. You know what to expect from the evil ones, but the good guys can be just as bad in very different ways. Crescent: I have to agree. Umbridge and Bellatrix made me crazy. Voldie was scary, but one rarely actually faced him?usually one faced his death eaters who carried out his work. But Dumbledore was convinced that he knew best for everyone and had the right to make decisions "for the greater good." Many people feel they know what is "right" but most of them don't have the power to enact their vision. I think they were both Dark Lords but one of them proclaimed it loudly and proudly whereas the other pretended to be "of the light" and if you doubted him at all, he was hurt and disappointed. Or angry, and then he took away your privileges/rights. We know why Harry was sent to the Dursleys, but even after he knew how they treated him, he left Harry there because it suited HIM. Both Voldemort and Dumbledore worked outside the government (even though Dumbledore was also involved in the government) and felt they had the right to force their views and beliefs on everyone else. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From iam.kemper at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 00:09:18 2017 From: iam.kemper at gmail.com (iam.kemper at gmail.com) Date: 11 Oct 2017 00:09:18 +0000 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No: HPFGUIDX 193164 So this thread goes back 17 years? I'm surprised I haven't answered it before. Tho, I suppose at the time my answer would be different. Hermione is the one who scares me the most. Age 12: She roofies two other 12yos to cut off pieces of their hair while they are unconscious. She told Harry and Ron her plans prior to roofieing and they questioned her, rightly believing it to be a bad/immoral idea. She never tells the boys her morally questionable plans again. Age 14: She decides what is best for House Elves without consulting them. She tries to trick them with hidden hats. Because she knows what is best. Age 15: She doesn't tell anyone in Dumbledore's Army that they are signing a magical contract which will have physical repercussions of facial scarring. Something traumatic for anyone but especially in that of an adolescent when looks matter more. Age 17: She takes away the memories of her parents' memories without their permission. She "seizes control FOR THE GREATER GOOD" as Albus suggested to Gellert. After all, Magic is Might is Right! In place of a Dark Lord, they would have a queen! All shall love her and despair! Kemper -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ravenclaweric at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 01:20:55 2017 From: ravenclaweric at gmail.com (Eric Oppen) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:20:55 -0500 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No: HPFGUIDX 193165 She also steals potions supplies. I wrote a story once about what she might be like if she was a total sociopath (think _The Bad Seed_ or _The Good Son,_ or something like that) and I was able to fit everything she did in her first five years at H'warts into that without much trouble. On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 7:09 PM, iam.kemper at gmail.com [HPforGrownups] < HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > So this thread goes back 17 years? I'm surprised I haven't answered it > before. Tho, I suppose at the time my answer would be different. > Hermione is the one who scares me the most. > > Age 12: She roofies two other 12yos to cut off pieces of their hair while > they are unconscious. She told Harry and Ron her plans prior to roofieing > and they questioned her, rightly believing it to be a bad/immoral idea. She > never tells the boys her morally questionable plans again. > Age 14: She decides what is best for House Elves without consulting them. > She tries to trick them with hidden hats. Because she knows what is best. > Age 15: She doesn't tell anyone in Dumbledore's Army that they are signing > a magical contract which will have physical repercussions of facial > scarring. Something traumatic for anyone but especially in that of an > adolescent when looks matter more. > Age 17: She takes away the memories of her parents' memories without their > permission. She "seizes control FOR THE GREATER GOOD" as Albus suggested to > Gellert. After all, Magic is Might is Right! > > In place of a Dark Lord, they would have a queen! All shall love her and > despair! > > Kemper > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From renfield1893 at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 01:56:24 2017 From: renfield1893 at gmail.com (Hugin) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:56:24 -0700 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? References:

Message-ID: <006501d34234$25828640$0600a8c0@Jekyll> No: HPFGUIDX 193166 Eric@! I love your take on her. Very fascinating. Have you ever used her in an RP? I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed. I get along with the voices inside of my head. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klewellen at shellworld.net Wed Oct 11 01:26:34 2017 From: klewellen at shellworld.net (Karen Lewellen) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 21:26:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: No: HPFGUIDX 193167 Where? I want to read that! Kare On Tue, 10 Oct 2017, Eric Oppen ravenclaweric at gmail.com [HPforGrownups] wrote: > She also steals potions supplies. I wrote a story once about what she > might be like if she was a total sociopath (think _The Bad Seed_ or _The > Good Son,_ or something like that) and I was able to fit everything she did > in her first five years at H'warts into that without much trouble. > > On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 7:09 PM, iam.kemper at gmail.com [HPforGrownups] < > HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote: > >> >> >> So this thread goes back 17 years? I'm surprised I haven't answered it >> before. Tho, I suppose at the time my answer would be different. >> Hermione is the one who scares me the most. >> >> Age 12: She roofies two other 12yos to cut off pieces of their hair while >> they are unconscious. She told Harry and Ron her plans prior to roofieing >> and they questioned her, rightly believing it to be a bad/immoral idea. She >> never tells the boys her morally questionable plans again. >> Age 14: She decides what is best for House Elves without consulting them. >> She tries to trick them with hidden hats. Because she knows what is best. >> Age 15: She doesn't tell anyone in Dumbledore's Army that they are signing >> a magical contract which will have physical repercussions of facial >> scarring. Something traumatic for anyone but especially in that of an >> adolescent when looks matter more. >> Age 17: She takes away the memories of her parents' memories without their >> permission. She "seizes control FOR THE GREATER GOOD" as Albus suggested to >> Gellert. After all, Magic is Might is Right! >> >> In place of a Dark Lord, they would have a queen! All shall love her and >> despair! >> >> Kemper >> >> >> > From renfield1893 at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 05:35:15 2017 From: renfield1893 at gmail.com (Hugin) Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 22:35:15 -0700 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? References:

<49c601d341a4$d92ec7c0$8b8c5740$@gmail.com> Message-ID: <038a01d34252$b79a98b0$0600a8c0@Jekyll> No: HPFGUIDX 193168 I like Dumbledore and don't really like that plot twist when it came to his motivations in later books, but working with it regardless I can see the point. the road to hell being paved with good intentions and all that and justifications. The good ones we trust to do what's right. In his defense I suppose it's very difficult to be so black and white and had he made a wiser less idealistic choice, we can't know it would've worked out any better. I suppose his family history factors in...we all got childhood issues, even Dumbledore, that shape us in some ways as adults. I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed. I get along with the voices inside of my head. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jnoyl at aim.com Wed Oct 11 07:10:22 2017 From: jnoyl at aim.com (J Lyon) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:10:22 +0000 Subject: What HP Character Scares You Most? Message-ID: No: HPFGUIDX 193169 Dumbledore The man is pure insane, cruel, and egomaniacal. Next would be the Ministry and Minister for not giving a damn about the people they are to protect and serve. Voldie you know is evil and killing him gets rid of him for at least a few years, but Bumblemore seems to be able to get almost any one to do almost any damn thing he suggests and they take the fall and the Ministry appears to have no legal restrictions on the evil it can do. From cresorchid at gmail.com Wed Oct 11 12:05:03 2017 From: cresorchid at gmail.com (Sandra Lynn) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 07:05:03 -0500 Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: What HP Character Scares You Most? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: No: HPFGUIDX 193170 Dumbledore The man is pure insane, cruel, and egomaniacal. Next would be the Ministry and Minister for not giving a damn about the people they are to protect and serve. Crescent: Here, here. Couldn't agree more. Their wizengamot is a joke! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: