Liking Characters

I think this post comes from a couple of places...there was a discussion on ajhalluk's lj where the wonderful distinction was made between finding a character interesting and liking them. Then there was also that essay by someone defending Sirius Black from his detractors AND his defenders. Finally, there were these comments on my last entry, all circling around this same issue, which is, for me, the difference between finding a character interesting, admiring them and liking them. At the moment it's liking them that's intriguing me. So I've been trying to think about characters in HP ( that I like and don’t like.  )