Excellent point! And funny, because I guess I could say I don't "undersatnd" the Umbridge hate. That is, I don't really share it. She's a character who's obviously the bad guy, but she's taken care of in the text. She seems like a "love to hate" sort of character.
Also, a while ago roxannelinton did a post comparing Umbridge to McGonnogal and I remember somebody seemed to get very angry over it on McGonnogal's behalf because she was NOT LIKE UMBRIDGE THAT'S A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY! But the post, as I read it, wasn't claiming that at all, just sort of pointing out that certain things hated in Umbridge McGonnogal did too. I find that just happens a lot in this universe because I find a lot of the characters very similar at their core--not surprising since they all come from the mind of the same person. So it didn't seem to me to be a bad thing to compare these two female teachers to each other.
::sigh:: It does seem like all too often what it comes down to is just wanting everybody to have the same reactions to characters as we do.
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Date: 2004-09-02 07:40 am (UTC)Also, a while ago
::sigh:: It does seem like all too often what it comes down to is just wanting everybody to have the same reactions to characters as we do.