I'm not really a fan of her - I get why other people are, but to me, she just seems the stereotypical Seems Strict with a Secret Soft Heart. I liked her stopping Moody over the ferret thing (although she was fairly ineffectual, as ever 'ZOMG, Dumbledore says!1!!!') but it just seems we're supposed to buy her as essentially unbiased despite lapses, which I don't; and as kickass (like Neville) when she behaves as stupidly as a stereotypical Gryffindor. Like the whole 'It unscrews the other way' bit about the chandelier in OotP; or when she's telling off George and Harry for the Quidditch pitch fight (gotta love how she focuses on it being Muggle fighting and not that they were fighting two against one - way to let down the house of bravery, guys.) and then Umbridge bans them, and suddenly she's really upset. Or her coming back from Near Death!1!! to give points to her house at the end of OotP. Shut up, McGonagall.
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Date: 2006-05-13 08:39 am (UTC)I liked her stopping Moody over the ferret thing (although she was fairly ineffectual, as ever 'ZOMG, Dumbledore says!1!!!') but it just seems we're supposed to buy her as essentially unbiased despite lapses, which I don't; and as kickass (like Neville) when she behaves as stupidly as a stereotypical Gryffindor.
Like the whole 'It unscrews the other way' bit about the chandelier in OotP; or when she's telling off George and Harry for the Quidditch pitch fight (gotta love how she focuses on it being Muggle fighting and not that they were fighting two against one - way to let down the house of bravery, guys.) and then Umbridge bans them, and suddenly she's really upset. Or her coming back from Near Death!1!! to give points to her house at the end of OotP. Shut up, McGonagall.