Hermione: I possibly overidentify with her, being similar in a lot of ways. I like her for her devotion to her books and her loyalty to her friends - and because of her flaws, too, which are entirely plausible. She's insecure, hence her over-reliance on rules and for that matter her jealousy in HBP - but she does keep on trying to do what she believes to be right. Also, I empathise with her hair problems.
Someone - McGonnagal, perhaps - needs to take her aside and explain that if you want to really excel academically, you need to be able to depart from the recieved wisdom and be willing to be controversial, thogh (mind you, she should know that, after her experiences with Slinkhard's useless defence text-book in OOTP)
Colon: for all his uselessness and borderline corruption, Colon's shrewder than he appears (perhaps despite himself). I loved the way when, in having been left in charge of the Watch in 'Fifth Elephant', for all he was getting drunk on power, there was a tiny part of him that still knew the truth about himself, even if it was only 'I'm out of my depth and Vimes is going to go spare.'
Harriet: as with Sam, I hardly know where to begin. But I think I chiefly love her for her intellectual honesty and sheer bloody-minded integrity, even in extremis. Also, I wish I was as good at punting.
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Date: 2006-09-25 10:56 am (UTC)Someone - McGonnagal, perhaps - needs to take her aside and explain that if you want to really excel academically, you need to be able to depart from the recieved wisdom and be willing to be controversial, thogh (mind you, she should know that, after her experiences with Slinkhard's useless defence text-book in OOTP)
Colon: for all his uselessness and borderline corruption, Colon's shrewder than he appears (perhaps despite himself). I loved the way when, in having been left in charge of the Watch in 'Fifth Elephant', for all he was getting drunk on power, there was a tiny part of him that still knew the truth about himself, even if it was only 'I'm out of my depth and Vimes is going to go spare.'
Harriet: as with Sam, I hardly know where to begin. But I think I chiefly love her for her intellectual honesty and sheer bloody-minded integrity, even in extremis. Also, I wish I was as good at punting.