Another thing to be irritated by: this infuriating inability to see the validity of any viewpoint other than his own.
Which often spills over into RL too--I'm always surprised by people who find it scary that people can argue the DE's case for them on the subject of Muggleborns or Muggles. Like if you're not just completely horrified by the word Mudblood you must be a Klansman or something. Really the fact that the Muggleborns suffer so little prejudice in canon is just kind of weird--as is the fact that they never do anything to inspire prejudice, which would also happen.
This ties in with what I said earlier about people you can't argue rationally with. They drive me up the walls in RL, and as characters I constantly want to smack some sense into them. Harry, as the supposed promoter of tolerance (standing against the prejudiced Muggle-hating Death Eaters) is in fact one of the most intolerant and self-absorbed fictional "heroes" I've ever come across.
LOL! This is what always strikes me too--which could be funny if it weren't often taken seriously. Mira recently put it perfectly by saying Harry honestly seems to think all good people should start whistling spaghetti western themes when he enters a room.
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Which often spills over into RL too--I'm always surprised by people who find it scary that people can argue the DE's case for them on the subject of Muggleborns or Muggles. Like if you're not just completely horrified by the word Mudblood you must be a Klansman or something. Really the fact that the Muggleborns suffer so little prejudice in canon is just kind of weird--as is the fact that they never do anything to inspire prejudice, which would also happen.
This ties in with what I said earlier about people you can't argue rationally with. They drive me up the walls in RL, and as characters I constantly want to smack some sense into them. Harry, as the supposed promoter of tolerance (standing against the prejudiced Muggle-hating Death Eaters) is in fact one of the most intolerant and self-absorbed fictional "heroes" I've ever come across.
LOL! This is what always strikes me too--which could be funny if it weren't often taken seriously. Mira recently put it perfectly by saying Harry honestly seems to think all good people should start whistling spaghetti western themes when he enters a room.