(I embrace the negative & the positive. I am so zen.)

So because I had too much free time on my hands, I decided to make a list of qualities I love about my favorite HP characters, haha. It'd be so cool if like, other people did this as a meme, but I'm not holding my breath.... Still.

- Things I love: -

In Harry - I love all his contradictions-- his self-confidence and need for affirmation, his rebelliousness and thirst for mentorship & guardianship, how needy he is for love & acceptance yet how he won't let himself compromise any principles for it. I love him for his stubborn often blind but fierce ideals, and his quick sharp temper, and his often hidden vulnerability. I love him because I see myself in him and because I think he has so many universal qualities that I love-- he's curious and adventurous, witty yet often subdued, lost yet so brightly focused.

I love his awkwardness around some strangers and girls, and his bursts of inborn charisma; the quiet attention he pays to things; the way he blows up and surprises you. I love that he's a complex bundle of contradictions: questioning and fiercely believing, devoted yet distant, sensitive yet cruel, defensive and sometimes nearly introverted yet a born leader. I love his soft heart and his hard shell and his rage and protectiveness and... everything.

I love his indomitable, huge strength of will which can only be eclipsed by the untapped power of his heart. I love everything about him, even if I don't 'approve' of it.
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( Also Malfoy, Ron, Sirius & Remus. )

Aaaand, I wrote a whole post about why I love/enjoy writing Ginny already :D
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Another day, another rant-type-thing. I think I should wean myself off... I'd drink chamomile but then, I hate chamomile....

Anyway. (Something else) I really kind of resent is the way people dismiss whole -types- of human pairing dynamics based purely on the superficial overall category of the relationship. I'm not talking about having a squick, or some personal reason for disliking a particular pairing on its own merits-- I mean judging the whole section or type of relationship basis (i.e.: purely adversarial, friendship, adversarial friendship, boss/employee or teacher/student, colleagues/teammates and more I'm sure).

It does seem like people gravititate to one 'type' and aren't very attracted to the others, which is fine. What bothers me is when they then dismiss the other types of relationship as 'overdone' and 'cliche' or otherwise of lesser intrinsic worth.

I see this all the time in the apparent cross-fandom feud between friendshippers and adversarial shippers.

( ...sigh. )