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phineasjonesi've been running around like a crazy woman today so i'm allowing myself a little break while my soup cools. might as well do a meme! gacked from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dorrie6,
first, i'd like to acknowledge the complexity of answering or thinking about this. which is, i believe, a credit to jkr. so many of these characters have developed and changed and grown... and my feelings about them have too. it's impressive.
1. The character you first fell in love with:
harry. i am a total sucker for the downtrodden but destined hero. he had me from the get go. and he still has me now, even when he's being an arrogant, adolescent twat. because it's real. he wouldn't be perfect. he wouldn't be sweet and shy forever. i might enjoy that but it would not make any sense. and i am truly on the edge of my seat waiting to see how OotP will have altered his character in the next book.
remus showed up two books later but my love for him was instantaneous and powerful. i has not wavered. i never fell for the false lead in PoA because i was so in love with lupin, i would have followed him anywhere. i think that's also part of why i always knew that sirius was not guilty. well, not always, but very early on.
2. The character you never expected to love as much as you do now:
draco. my love for him is completely a result of fanfiction. i hated him before getting into h/d. i see no problem with that.
sirius. i never disliked sirius but i had a day, maybe a year ago, when i suddenly fell in love with him. which rather sucked, considering he's already gone. but i had been mostly sad for that because of lupin, and now i am sad for them both. i almost understand why some people don't like sirius much. but i think he is rightfully complex, considering all he's been through. when i think about what he came from, what he gave up, what he fought for, what he lost... that he came out of it all still wanting to love and protect harry, grumbling about having THE WORST LIFE EVER, yes, but still doing what he had to do for the greater good... well. i think he's amazing. and i absolutely forgive him some character flaws here and there.
snape. i don't adore him unconditionally. i think he's an asshole. but i'm fascinated by him and i want to understand why he's an asshole.
ginny. i love how she got a whole new character in OotP and the only explanation we have is that her crush on harry is over. hilarious. but i love her badass twinsiness in OotP whereas before i thought she seemed simpering and pathetic.
twins. always loved them but in OotP, i wanted to fly away with them.
theodore nott. er... does that count? :)
3. The character everyone else loves that you don't:
bad guys. the fairly straight-up ones. lucius, bellatrix, tom riddle, etc. i just don't give a shit. it's like how i never like the villain songs in disney movies. ho hum.
4. The character you love that everyone else hates:
even a year ago, i would have said ron. ron hate was rampant in this fandom until rupert grint hit puberty. i still feel a little snobby and self-righteous about that. i love his xandertude. good, loyal friend without much of a clue. i love his lack of self-confidence. i love that he has the emotional range of a teaspoon. :)
hermione. more recently, there is hermione hate. fuck that. she's great. brave and smart and strong and not afraid to say what she thinks. and if harry would have frickin listened to her... no. can't think about that. she has her annoying moments, sure. but really, who doesn't? it makes her more real too.
5. The character you used to love but don't any longer:
dobby. oh, no, wait. ;)
dumbledore. i don't hate him like some do. but i used to adore and trust him the way harry did. and now... i just don't know. my jury's out on him.
dorrie6, first, i'd like to acknowledge the complexity of answering or thinking about this. which is, i believe, a credit to jkr. so many of these characters have developed and changed and grown... and my feelings about them have too. it's impressive.
1. The character you first fell in love with:
harry. i am a total sucker for the downtrodden but destined hero. he had me from the get go. and he still has me now, even when he's being an arrogant, adolescent twat. because it's real. he wouldn't be perfect. he wouldn't be sweet and shy forever. i might enjoy that but it would not make any sense. and i am truly on the edge of my seat waiting to see how OotP will have altered his character in the next book.
remus showed up two books later but my love for him was instantaneous and powerful. i has not wavered. i never fell for the false lead in PoA because i was so in love with lupin, i would have followed him anywhere. i think that's also part of why i always knew that sirius was not guilty. well, not always, but very early on.
2. The character you never expected to love as much as you do now:
draco. my love for him is completely a result of fanfiction. i hated him before getting into h/d. i see no problem with that.
sirius. i never disliked sirius but i had a day, maybe a year ago, when i suddenly fell in love with him. which rather sucked, considering he's already gone. but i had been mostly sad for that because of lupin, and now i am sad for them both. i almost understand why some people don't like sirius much. but i think he is rightfully complex, considering all he's been through. when i think about what he came from, what he gave up, what he fought for, what he lost... that he came out of it all still wanting to love and protect harry, grumbling about having THE WORST LIFE EVER, yes, but still doing what he had to do for the greater good... well. i think he's amazing. and i absolutely forgive him some character flaws here and there.
snape. i don't adore him unconditionally. i think he's an asshole. but i'm fascinated by him and i want to understand why he's an asshole.
ginny. i love how she got a whole new character in OotP and the only explanation we have is that her crush on harry is over. hilarious. but i love her badass twinsiness in OotP whereas before i thought she seemed simpering and pathetic.
twins. always loved them but in OotP, i wanted to fly away with them.
theodore nott. er... does that count? :)
3. The character everyone else loves that you don't:
bad guys. the fairly straight-up ones. lucius, bellatrix, tom riddle, etc. i just don't give a shit. it's like how i never like the villain songs in disney movies. ho hum.
4. The character you love that everyone else hates:
even a year ago, i would have said ron. ron hate was rampant in this fandom until rupert grint hit puberty. i still feel a little snobby and self-righteous about that. i love his xandertude. good, loyal friend without much of a clue. i love his lack of self-confidence. i love that he has the emotional range of a teaspoon. :)
hermione. more recently, there is hermione hate. fuck that. she's great. brave and smart and strong and not afraid to say what she thinks. and if harry would have frickin listened to her... no. can't think about that. she has her annoying moments, sure. but really, who doesn't? it makes her more real too.
5. The character you used to love but don't any longer:
dobby. oh, no, wait. ;)
dumbledore. i don't hate him like some do. but i used to adore and trust him the way harry did. and now... i just don't know. my jury's out on him.
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Date: 2005-02-15 07:22 pm (UTC)Word. I just. Don't. Care. No attraction, really.
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Date: 2005-02-17 02:25 pm (UTC)