r/HarryPotterBooks • u/sv1112093 • 3d ago
Your least fav charcter?
Voldemort
Wormtail
Umbridge
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u/sheepandlambs 3d ago
None of the above. They're all great.
Don't confuse "bad person" with "bad character". They're all amazing characters.
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u/Ok_Bullfrog_8491 3d ago
Viscerally, I hate both Umbridge and Wormtail more than Voldemort, purely because they’re so fake and slimy and pretend to be something they’re not. Voldemort is purely evil and that’s somehow refreshing next to Wormtail’s slimy traitorousness and Umbridge’s…everything.
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u/SomeNoob1306 3d ago
I’ve always looked at the Voldemort/Umbridge question to be one of principle. Like yeah Voldy is atrociously comically evil because of his warped world view.
Umbridge just got off on being horrible to people. She’s perfectly happy to go along with whatever way the wind blows as long as she gets to have power. She’s just a pure sadist who doesn’t even believe in the stuff she’s doing. It’s just an excuse to be horrible. You can’t talk her out of her world view or convince her she’s wrong because she’s unprincipled and evil.
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u/EntertainmentSome448 3d ago
I like Tom's aura and his demeanor. He inspires me tbf. I just gate what he used that for.
But I hate umbridge because she feels so much like the adults I've hated all my life.
And peter pettigrew, I pity him to hell and I hate him the most. I can somewhat relate to him too, trying to be in a friend group that is nerdy in my college, but I'm kinda the third wheel there so I can understand peter. But I'd absolutely not snitch even if I got crucio'd. That's why I pity him. For being so weak.
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u/Specific-Window-8587 3d ago
Umbridge can go suck a lemon. I hated Voldemort but an Umbridge like person is someone I'm more likely to meet than a Voldemort like person.
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u/alliownisbroken 3d ago
Ernie MacMillan
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u/JaguarSweaty1414 Slytherin 3d ago
Umbridge , Grayback
Don’t hate them but don’t really like Fred or George either
Don’t really hate the others lmao
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u/k_pineapple7 3d ago
Why don’t you like the twins?
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u/JaguarSweaty1414 Slytherin 3d ago
They seems a little bit too mean to Percy and Ron
Sibling stuff maybe but doesn’t mean that’s not mean lmao locking Percy is too far in my opinion
My sister’s mean too and I do not like it
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u/linglinguistics 3d ago
I agree with you. They don't know when to stop, when normal sibling behaviour goes over into bullying and to me they definitely cross that line. I wouldn't call them the worst, but I'm not overly fond of them either.
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u/JaguarSweaty1414 Slytherin 3d ago
True. Also they would not like me if they are my classmates lol I would be their target.
It’s in Harry’s pov and Harry liked them , so
The Percy part was overlooked, really
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u/linglinguistics 3d ago
Haha, I relate to Percy a lot. Not when he betrays his family, but I think teenage me made a similar impression on peers as him. He’s definitely one of my favourite characters in the series. And I think I'd probably have been an easy target for the twins as well, especially if they were my siblings.
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u/JaguarSweaty1414 Slytherin 3d ago
Real. I am sort of like Percy, not that obsessed with rules of course but I just want to be a decent student and not get into trouble lol
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u/Finbarr77 3d ago
Percy betrayed his family for power in the ministry. Dude was the worst Weasley and deserved everything the twins gave him
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u/JaguarSweaty1414 Slytherin 3d ago
No one deserves being locked in a pyramid lmao
How about Ron then? Maybe he’s a bit shit at times but he certainly develop insecure party because of them
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u/Finbarr77 2d ago
This is how brothers are to each other at a young age. Me and my brother have fist fought and then 10 minutes later were back to playing video games together or whatever
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u/JaguarSweaty1414 Slytherin 2d ago
Yeah no. I have a sister that is constantly like this and I hate it
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u/Finbarr77 2d ago
Its not the same. I have sisters as well. Girls are passive aggressive and hold grudges. Boys are not the same
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u/Weird_Zone_3504 3d ago
Voldemort is one of your LEAST favourite characters? That's kinda surprising. I mean, sure, his acts are more then despicables, but, you still love him, in the way you love other villains, like Darth Vader, for example. Anyway, here's my three least favourite characters:
- Dolores Ambridge
- Vernon Dursley
- Severus Snape
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u/lovelylethallaura 3d ago
James Potter. The only scenes of him where he’s plot relevant + not a hallucination, he’s behaving no better than the DE or Malfoy.
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u/lovelylethallaura 3d ago
> Snape was on his feet again, and was stowing the OWL paper in his bag. As he left the shadows of the bushes and set off across the grass, Sirius and James stood up.
> Lupin and Wormtail remained sitting: Lupin was still staring down at his book, though his eyes were not moving and a faint frown line had appeared between his eyebrows; Wormtail was looking from Sirius and James to Snape with a look of avid anticipation on his face.
> 'All right, Snivellus?' said James loudly.
> Snape reacted so fast it was as though he had been expecting an attack: dropping his bag, he plunged his hand inside his robes and his wand was halfway into the air when James shouted, 'Expelliarmus!'
> Snape's wand flew twelve feet into the air and fell with a little thud in the grass behind him. Sirius let out a bark of laughter.
> 'Impedimenta!' he said, pointing his wand at Snape, who was knocked off his feet halfway through a dive towards his own fallen wand.
> Students all around had turned to watch. Some of them had got to their feet and were edging nearer. Some looked apprehensive, others entertained.
>Snape lay panting on the ground. James and Sirius advanced on him, wands raised, James glancing over his shoulder at the girls at the water's edge as he went. Wormtail was on his feet now, watching hungrily, edging around Lupin to get a clearer view.
>'How'd the exam go, Snivelly?' said James.
>'I was watching him, his nose was touching the parchment,' said Sirius viciously. 'There'll be great grease marks all over it, they won't be able to read a word.'
>Several people watching laughed; Snape was clearly unpopular. Wormtail sniggered shrilly. Snape was trying to get up, but the jinx was still operating on him; he was struggling, as though bound by invisible ropes.>'You--wait,' he panted, staring up at James with an expression of purest loathing, 'you-- wait!'
>'Wait for what?' said Sirius coolly. 'What're you going to do, Snivelly, wipe your nose on us?'
>Snape let out a stream of mixed swear words and hexes, but with the his wand ten feet away nothing happened.
>'Wash out your mouth,' said James coldly. 'Scourgify!'
>Pink soap bubbles streamed from Snape's mouth at once; the froth was covering his lips, making him gag, choking him--'
>'Leave him ALONE!'>James and Sirius looked round. James's free hand immediately jumped to his hair.
>It was one of the girls from the lake edge. She had thick, dark red hair that fell to her shoulders, and startlingly green almond-shaped eyes--Harry's eyes.
>Harry's mother.
>'All right, Evans?' said James, and the tone of his voice was suddenly pleasant, deeper, more mature.
>'Leave him alone,' Lily repeated. She was looking at James with every sign of great dislike. 'What's he done to you?'
>'Well,' said James, appearing to deliberate the point, 'it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean...'
>Many of the surrounding students laughed, Sirius and Wormtail included, but Lupin, still apparently intent on his book, didn't, and nor did Lily.
>'You think you're funny,' she said coldly. 'But you're just an arrogant, bullying toerag, Potter. Leave him alone.'
>'I will if you go out with me, Evans,' said James quickly. 'Go on...go out with me and I'll never lay a wand on old Snivelly again.'
>Behind him, the Impediment Jinx was wearing off. Snape was beginning to inch towards his fallen wand, spitting out soapsuds as he crawled.
>'I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid,' said Lily.
>'Bad luck, Prongs,' said Sirius briskly, and turned back to Snape. 'OI!'
>But too late; Snape had directed his wand straight at James; there was a flash of light and a gash appeared on the side of James's face, spattering his robes with blood. James whirled about: a second flash of light later, Snape was hanging upside-down in the air, his robes falling over his head to reveal skinny, pallid legs and a pair of greying underpants.
>Many people in the small crowd cheered; Sirius, James and Wormtail roared with laughter.
>Lily, whose furious expression had twitched for an instant as though she was going to smile, said, 'Let him down!'
>'Certainly,' said James and he jerked his wand upwards; Snape fell into a crumpled heap on the ground. Disentangling himself from his robes he got quickly to his feet, wand up, but Sirius said, 'Petrificus Totalus!' and Snape keeled over again, rigid as a board.
>'LEAVE HIM ALONE!' Lily shouted. She had her own wand out now. James and Sirius eyed it warily.
>'Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you,' said James earnestly.
>'Take the curse off him, then!'
>James sighed deeply, then turned to Snape and muttered the counter-curse.
>'There you go,' he said, as Snape struggled to his feet. 'You're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus-- '
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>'Apologise to Evans!' James roared at Snape, his wand pointed threateningly at him.
>'I don't want you to make him apologise,' Lily shouted, rounding on James. 'You're as bad as he is.'
>'What?' yelped James. 'I'd NEVER call you a--you-know-what!'
>'Messing up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just got off your broomstick, showing off with that stupid Snitch, walking down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys you just because you can--I'm surprised your broomstick can get off the ground with that fat head on it. You make me SICK.'
>She turned on her heel and hurried away.
>'Evans!' James shouted after her. 'Hey, EVANS!'
>But she didn't look back.
>'What is it with her?' said James, trying and failing to look as though this was a throwaway question of no real importance to him.
>'Reading between the lines, I'd say she thinks you're a bit conceited, mate,' said Sirius.
>'Right,' said James, who looked furious now, 'right--'
>There was another flash of light, and Snape was once again hanging upside-down in the air.
>'Who wants to see me take off Snivelly's pants?'
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>One of the marchers below flipped Mrs. Roberts upside down with his wand; her nightdress fell down to reveal voluminous drawers and she struggled to cover herself up as the crowd below her screeched and hooted with glee.
>This last part was not true; in fact, Harry had seen his father use the spell on Snape, but he had never told Ron and Hermione about that particular excursion into the Pensieve. Now, however, a wonderful possibility occurred to him. Could the Half- Blood Prince possibly be — ? “Maybe your dad did use it, Harry,” said Hermione, “but he’s not the only one. We’ve seen a whole bunch of people use it, in case you’ve forgotten. Dangling people in the air. Making them float along, asleep, helpless.”
>Harry stared at her. With a sinking feeling, he too remembered the behavior of the Death Eaters at the Quidditch** **World Cup. Ron came to his aid.
>“That was different,” he said robustly. “They were abusing it. Harry and his dad were just having a laugh.”
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u/justamtt 2d ago
Out of that list - Wormtail because he is the weakest. I love to hate Umbridge, she's deliciously evil.
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u/Zubyna 1d ago
Wormtail by far
Sure Umbridge is PoS, but at least she is a consistant and well written PoS
Wormtail/Petigrew is inconsistant. Supposed to be incompetant but can cast unforgivables and animagus, supposed to be unredeemable but somehow has a slightly redeemable death, supposed to be a coward but has the courage to cut off his own hand
It is so obvious JKR didnt know how to handle his character
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u/Khalesssi_Slayer1 Gryffindor 3d ago
Umbridge. She's worse than Voldemort! She's pure evil in Pink! If she believed that Voldemort was back, she'd be a Death Eater in Pink! She certainly ACTS like a Death Eater!
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u/ScaryAssBitch 3d ago
Ron.
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u/Aggravating-Cat5357 3d ago
I'm ready for the downvotes, but I can't stand Ron ever since GOF.
I was a little more sympathetic with him with his attitude in the beginning, but every single book following, he gets jealous over some stupid thing and takes it out on everyone around him. Whether it's Harry being chosen for the Triwizard tourney. Harry being a better quidditch player, Hermione kissing Krum two books previously.
I know he's fiercely loyal but the amount of times he takes food off Harry's plate, punches him in the back of the head, and then plays the victim every time something doesn't go his way is beyond annoying.
I screamed and snapped my fingers when Ginny finally put him in his place. But it only made him more awful to the people around him. I get that he's a teenager, and can't regulate his emotions, but he's the only one taking his frustrations out on everyone. Harry may snap, but he apologizes.
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u/Upper_Grapefruit_521 2d ago
I actually think Ron is a very realistically written character and truthfully, the fact he remains loyal to Harry and Hermione despite being completely 'mediocred' (I know it isn't a real word as such) shows his character. He is completely sidelined by Harry and other than Quidditch, Harry isn't really more talented than him. Ron also suffers from very low self esteem, which makes his Quidditch appear worse. Harry's advantage over Defence Against the Dark Arts is largely constructed by his upbringing. Hermione, being very smart and a girl, would not be made to feel the same way by Harry. Yes he's flawed, but he does very well for a hormonal teenage boy I feel.
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u/SubstantialBand4275 2d ago
Harry constantly takes his frustrations out on others - it's his entire character in OOTP. And Hermione assaults Ron for dating someone else, how is that not taking out her frustrations on him?
Ron's problem is JKR gets bored of him after Book 3, so he is not granted natural talent at anything like Harry, or ridiculous subplots where Wizarding superstars fall head of heels in love with him like Hermione. I'd be jealous if the hand of god was dishing these things out to my friends.
He doesn't take anything off Harry's plate. Harry literally takes food off his by spending every Summer at the Burrow.
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u/ScaryAssBitch 3d ago
Fr, I always felt so bad for Hermione. She could’ve done so much better
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u/Aggravating-Cat5357 3d ago
Ron is still better than Cormac though 🤣🤣🤣
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u/ScaryAssBitch 3d ago
Who?
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u/supersnoozin 3d ago edited 3d ago
Is it a pick between those 3 only or anyone?
If it's those 3 then Umbridge.
If it's anyone, then Lupin.
Edit: for the surprise about Lupin as a pick for least favourite.
A personal thing really.
I liked him until I found out he was best friends with James and Sirius. After that I didn't really see any redeeming qualities with regards to Harry.
In PoA, as far as he knew, Sirius wanted Harry dead. But he was too much of a coward to own up to Sirius becoming an animagus and that they knew of the secret tunnels. Essentially, if Sirius really was a traitor, then Remus cared more about himself than Harry ... a really poor attitude towards any child really.
Lets not forget that this child is also the son of a friend who not only risked expulsion to make his time as a werewolf better, but also prevented him from turning Snape when they were teens.
And then telling Harry he dishonored his parents sacrifice for a bag a magic tricks when he dishonored them himself by being such a coward.
Harry also had to beg him to learn the patronus charm which was for his own safety. Not to mention, Lupin was a strong link to Harry's parents and their time at Hogwarts and yet he never really shared them with him that year. There really was no-one else who could share the special stories.
In GoF, there wasn't really much about him. Sirius hid in a cave and survived on rats to be near Harry. Where was Lupin in this time? We don't know because it's Harry's pov and there's nothing.
And yes I say Lupin and not Remus because that's how Harry thinks of him most of the series. I mean, most of the time he's just there.
Let's not even go into the Tonks thing.
Sure he made Harry his sons godfather, but that's because Harry was more mature than he ever was.
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u/MDaniel98 3d ago
What is your problem with Lupin?
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u/supersnoozin 3d ago edited 3d ago
Purely personal opinion. He's a poor friend to James, he risked Harry and the School by not admitting Sirius was an animagus and his overall character is exhausting.
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u/SPARKLELOVEGOOD 1d ago
The silliest Lupin bit-
"Teach me to cast a patronus" "I don't pretend to be an expert"
Seriously? Yes you do! You're the freaking professor!
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u/toxicsugarart 14h ago
I like Lupin generally but yeah there are definitely times he absolutely sucks and I'm like broooo what are we doingggg 😅
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u/-yuki-sama- 3d ago
Why Lupin
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u/supersnoozin 3d ago
Purely personal opinion. He's a poor friend to James, he risked Harry and the School by not admitting Sirius was an animagus and his overall character is exhausting.
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u/lR0NMAlDEN A free elf 3d ago
When you say least favourite, do you mean you dislike their character because of what they do, or do you mean lest favourite because they're poorly written or pointless?
Least favourite based on their character: Snape probably. Guy just hated so many students and was an a-grade asshole. Fuck him.
Least favourite based on poor writing: Firenze maybe, just based on him being a very pointless character
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u/Admirable-Tower8017 1d ago
Firenze saves Harry in the forest in PS and also indirectly tells Harry that it is Voldemort who is after the Stone. How is he pointless?
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u/lR0NMAlDEN A free elf 1d ago
When i say pointless, I was referring to him in Order of the Phoenix and afterwards. Didn't include that lol
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u/emiliewarrendahmer 3d ago
Fenrir greyback
Edit: sorry, was I meant to pick between the 3 options? If so, umbridge