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Nov. 15th, 2005 03:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
leia131THE FOLLOWING IS ANOTHER LONG AND COMPLETELY POINTLESS HARRY POTTER RANT, ONLY THIS TIME IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MOVIES.
As I was thinking about Neville last night, I was thinking how everyone has a favorite character except me. You know, like a minor character who you love from their very first appearance to when they cease being in the story for whatever reason, and you squee every time they're mentioned.
For lots of people it's Wood, or Fleur, or Charlie. And then there are people who like one of the 'bad guys' like Snape or Lucius or Draco. Voldemort even has a fan following. People have main characters as their favorites too, or intermediate characters like Ginny or Neville or Sirius.
In fact, I heard so many people tell me when Sirius died "OMG he was my FAVORITE character and I loved him from beginning to end and it was SO SAD!" But I didn't even really care about Sirius one way or the other until I began my foray into fanfiction. So yes I like him a great deal, but he wasn't that special character for me, because when Sarah told me he'd died I was like "Who? Oh his godfather. Right." And then I liked him later on.
I like the twins, but that only came about after book 5, so that's still not right. Remus and Tonks just remind me of Hannah, Ginny is Kelli's, and I like them all, but they're not mine.
The main characters are too mainstream for me. I used to identify with Hermione, but it turned out we didn't have as much in common as I thought. (And she's also Sarah's.) I do love Ron, but not in that "OMG Ron is talking YAY!" way. The person I think I like least in all the books is Harry himself, because he just does so many irritatintg things. (That doesn't mean I DISLIKE Harry, I just like eveyone else a little more.)
Lots of people like Snape and don't believe that he's evil now, but even though I don't believe he's evil either I never liked him. I didn't even care about Draco until the movies came out, so I think I really like Tom Felton and not Draco.
Even Neville, who I have always liked, only infrequently produced a fangirl squee in my soul. He is the closest to my favorite minor character, I think.
But last night I figured out why I don't have a character connection.
I Liked Scabbers. Scabbers was so cool, and I loved him, and I was so excited every time he was mentioned. And I was HEARTBROKEN when he turned out to really be Peter. J.K. Rowling destroyed my favorite character.
It's one thing if they get killed off, like Cedric or Sirius, but it'sanother entirely if they turn out to be a life-ruining traitor.
This also explains why I get so irritated when I read fics where Peter is 1. Written as a complete hanger-on idiot 2. Written out of the fic in the first sentence or 3. Not mentioned at all. He was a Marauder too, and what irks me is he DID NOT ASK to be made Secret Keeper. (I think. If I remember right it was Sirius' brilliant idea, wasn't it?) Well, even if he did ask, Lily, James, and Sirius all trusted him enough to make him the Secret Keeper. That is A LOT of trust. You don't give that to just anyone.
So I have always been intrigued by Peter, and it's because I loved Scabbers. Scabbers is the answer to my interest in Peter, and my lack of a favorite character. I have solved the mystery, and now I feel so much better.
See, I told you that was a long and pointless rant. But my soul is unburdened now. Yayz!
As I was thinking about Neville last night, I was thinking how everyone has a favorite character except me. You know, like a minor character who you love from their very first appearance to when they cease being in the story for whatever reason, and you squee every time they're mentioned.
For lots of people it's Wood, or Fleur, or Charlie. And then there are people who like one of the 'bad guys' like Snape or Lucius or Draco. Voldemort even has a fan following. People have main characters as their favorites too, or intermediate characters like Ginny or Neville or Sirius.
In fact, I heard so many people tell me when Sirius died "OMG he was my FAVORITE character and I loved him from beginning to end and it was SO SAD!" But I didn't even really care about Sirius one way or the other until I began my foray into fanfiction. So yes I like him a great deal, but he wasn't that special character for me, because when Sarah told me he'd died I was like "Who? Oh his godfather. Right." And then I liked him later on.
I like the twins, but that only came about after book 5, so that's still not right. Remus and Tonks just remind me of Hannah, Ginny is Kelli's, and I like them all, but they're not mine.
The main characters are too mainstream for me. I used to identify with Hermione, but it turned out we didn't have as much in common as I thought. (And she's also Sarah's.) I do love Ron, but not in that "OMG Ron is talking YAY!" way. The person I think I like least in all the books is Harry himself, because he just does so many irritatintg things. (That doesn't mean I DISLIKE Harry, I just like eveyone else a little more.)
Lots of people like Snape and don't believe that he's evil now, but even though I don't believe he's evil either I never liked him. I didn't even care about Draco until the movies came out, so I think I really like Tom Felton and not Draco.
Even Neville, who I have always liked, only infrequently produced a fangirl squee in my soul. He is the closest to my favorite minor character, I think.
But last night I figured out why I don't have a character connection.
I Liked Scabbers. Scabbers was so cool, and I loved him, and I was so excited every time he was mentioned. And I was HEARTBROKEN when he turned out to really be Peter. J.K. Rowling destroyed my favorite character.
It's one thing if they get killed off, like Cedric or Sirius, but it'sanother entirely if they turn out to be a life-ruining traitor.
This also explains why I get so irritated when I read fics where Peter is 1. Written as a complete hanger-on idiot 2. Written out of the fic in the first sentence or 3. Not mentioned at all. He was a Marauder too, and what irks me is he DID NOT ASK to be made Secret Keeper. (I think. If I remember right it was Sirius' brilliant idea, wasn't it?) Well, even if he did ask, Lily, James, and Sirius all trusted him enough to make him the Secret Keeper. That is A LOT of trust. You don't give that to just anyone.
So I have always been intrigued by Peter, and it's because I loved Scabbers. Scabbers is the answer to my interest in Peter, and my lack of a favorite character. I have solved the mystery, and now I feel so much better.
See, I told you that was a long and pointless rant. But my soul is unburdened now. Yayz!
