Well, I don't like Harry. XD I guess I read the series when I was bout 14 or a bit older, and I never actually hit the angsty teenage stage. I was more or less quite taken by Snape and his complexity (I was already searching for complex characters in my story lines, not black-and-white, good and evil), so Harry rarely interested me because he's just like every other hero out there.
Women, on the other hand. ARGH. McGonagell! I like her! She was no-nonsense!
And watch her get so little screentime. I liked Molly at first, then... bwah. ALL ABOUT BEING A MOTHER.
Cho was just about being a love-interest briefly, and even then I wanted to smack something because it's so not a Chinese name and it's more like JKR just yanked asian-ish names out of a hat just to make it look Asian-ish. Not because she actually spent time thinking about it, let alone any characterisation.
I didn't read any of Luna in the books because I hated book 4 (it was all about making giant word counts and pulling the story out and not about actual, you know, quality) that I never actually met her. But I've seen some really good stories with Luna, and I quite like her. Of course, she has not much development.
I liked the idea of Tonks - a female Auror in a male dominated world... and guess what? SHE DIED. AFTER HAVING A BABY. OF COURSE.
Lily... well, she was always this perfect mother. Until Harry saw some of Snape's thoughts, then yeah, she was sort of on Snape's side. Sort of. but she didn't get much development. Hermoine was the only one to get any real development, but she's... I dunno, just not really given the right sort - the boys only ever use her for her smarts, and not much else.
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Date: 2009-10-25 12:32 am (UTC)Women, on the other hand. ARGH. McGonagell! I like her! She was no-nonsense!
And watch her get so little screentime. I liked Molly at first, then... bwah. ALL ABOUT BEING A MOTHER.
Cho was just about being a love-interest briefly, and even then I wanted to smack something because it's so not a Chinese name and it's more like JKR just yanked asian-ish names out of a hat just to make it look Asian-ish. Not because she actually spent time thinking about it, let alone any characterisation.
I didn't read any of Luna in the books because I hated book 4 (it was all about making giant word counts and pulling the story out and not about actual, you know, quality) that I never actually met her. But I've seen some really good stories with Luna, and I quite like her. Of course, she has not much development.
I liked the idea of Tonks - a female Auror in a male dominated world... and guess what? SHE DIED. AFTER HAVING A BABY. OF COURSE.
Lily... well, she was always this perfect mother. Until Harry saw some of Snape's thoughts, then yeah, she was sort of on Snape's side. Sort of. but she didn't get much development. Hermoine was the only one to get any real development, but she's... I dunno, just not really given the right sort - the boys only ever use her for her smarts, and not much else.