Since Lily is the character that pisses me off the most, I guess she'd be my shadow, except I can't think what qualities of hers I'm repressing in myself. I think my dislike for her might simply be, as Teratologist said above, a reaction to the reams of praise and the suggestion that Harry's mother had no real faults (except for little completely excuseable ones, of course, like being a bit cheeky). I find it easier to like most characters when I can really delve into their manky sides. Like Sirius - can't like him if he's the brave sexy rebel who rides a shiny bike and has the fluffiest relationship ever with his friends and lovers, but can stand him much more when seeing him as this miserable immature screaming remnant of a man who fucked up his life and had to live (and die) with that.
Curiously, I began to like Severus so much because he reminded me of me. He wants to be admired above all others, he's obviously bad with people in that special "stop existing you pain-in-the-arse" way(if he was a Muggle, he'd spend as long as he physically could on LJ, rather than going out), he seems to find it nigh-on impossible to forgive and forget or to admit that he's wrong. I think, however, that if his attitude and qualities along those lines resulted in his sucess and in people admiring him and saying what a strong and wonderful man he was, he'd piss me off. Harry has a lot of the same qualities Professor Snape does, what with the snap reactions to things, the tendency to cuddle grudges forever, and the bad hair (sorry) and yet canon praises him for his strength of character. Perhaps, then, Harry is my shadow, getting away with stuff that I can't :(
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Date: 2005-12-13 12:50 pm (UTC)Curiously, I began to like Severus so much because he reminded me of me. He wants to be admired above all others, he's obviously bad with people in that special "stop existing you pain-in-the-arse" way(if he was a Muggle, he'd spend as long as he physically could on LJ, rather than going out), he seems to find it nigh-on impossible to forgive and forget or to admit that he's wrong. I think, however, that if his attitude and qualities along those lines resulted in his sucess and in people admiring him and saying what a strong and wonderful man he was, he'd piss me off. Harry has a lot of the same qualities Professor Snape does, what with the snap reactions to things, the tendency to cuddle grudges forever, and the bad hair (sorry) and yet canon praises him for his strength of character. Perhaps, then, Harry is my shadow, getting away with stuff that I can't :(