(b) Likewise I think many protagonists are disliked by some people because they are perceived as being good by the authorial voice while doing things that are judged as bad by the readers.
Ah! Exactly, exactly! I'm glad you mentioned this... I really have a thing against most protagonists simply for being protagonists.^^ That's a horrible generalisation of mine, but there you go - it's just more my taste to run off with the secondary &/or minor characters and never return. *g* Specifically in the case of Mr Harry Potter, it's not so much that he does things that are bad or that I disagree with (ok, it pisses me off that he gets away with stuff only because Dumbledore wubs him *lol* but that's another topic entirely ^_~): it's because everyone else, and everyone else's actions are viewed predominantly through Harry's point of view. And I don't necessarily agree with Harry's biases all the time.
(c)During this time I must say I didn't like Draco because I found him too flat and also because he never constituted an actual menace to Harry (so I couldn't cheer for Harry when he overcame him and the end result was boredom for me)
In HBP all bets are off. Draco is both given personal reasons and motivations to oppose Harry which one may sympathize with; and with an actual competence at the task.
Absolutely. Before HBP I saw Draco as a pissy brat, quite boring. During HBP I was unexpectedly sympathetic to him, even intregued by what possiblities the future held for him. After HBP I'm definitely looking at him in a new light.
(d) I've kind of avoided the main theme of your post, so here's my two cents: it's usually a mix of reasons why certain characters appeal to certain people or groups of fans. To assume it's merely because that character is visually pleasing is unfair, to say the least. And flaws, whether in a protagonist or antagonist, make the character for me. ^_^
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(b) Likewise I think many protagonists are disliked by some people because they are perceived as being good by the authorial voice while doing things that are judged as bad by the readers.
Ah! Exactly, exactly! I'm glad you mentioned this...
I really have a thing against most protagonists simply for being protagonists.^^ That's a horrible generalisation of mine, but there you go - it's just more my taste to run off with the secondary &/or minor characters and never return. *g* Specifically in the case of Mr Harry Potter, it's not so much that he does things that are bad or that I disagree with (ok, it pisses me off that he gets away with stuff only because Dumbledore wubs him *lol* but that's another topic entirely ^_~): it's because everyone else, and everyone else's actions are viewed predominantly through Harry's point of view. And I don't necessarily agree with Harry's biases all the time.
(c)During this time I must say I didn't like Draco because I found him too flat and also because he never constituted an actual menace to Harry (so I couldn't cheer for Harry when he overcame him and the end result was boredom for me)
In HBP all bets are off. Draco is both given personal reasons and motivations to oppose Harry which one may sympathize with; and with an actual competence at the task.
Absolutely. Before HBP I saw Draco as a pissy brat, quite boring. During HBP I was unexpectedly sympathetic to him, even intregued by what possiblities the future held for him. After HBP I'm definitely looking at him in a new light.
(d) I've kind of avoided the main theme of your post, so here's my two cents: it's usually a mix of reasons why certain characters appeal to certain people or groups of fans. To assume it's merely because that character is visually pleasing is unfair, to say the least. And flaws, whether in a protagonist or antagonist, make the character for me. ^_^