On one friend's profile I got tagged as Hermione, on one friend's profile I got tagged as Hagrid. I think a few other people will probably do it, and I have the feeling that I'll inevitably be tagged as Snape, too. (That's where my reputation as a lover of Snape comes back to bite me in the butt. Oh well.)
Initially, I thought about doing one of my friends...but then I thought, no, I don't want to have to label people I know in such a way. I'm not very open about what I think of people.
Then, I thought about making a 'corrected' version of this, because as you can see, I disagree with the majority of the labels. There wasn't any order or method applied to making this graphic and labeling the characters. Not that I would expect such from stupid internet entertainment, of course.
But then I realized that in reality, if I were to make a 'corrected' version, then I'd actually have to make two--one of 'positive' qualities and one of 'negative' qualities. What I want you to notice about this is the fact that all these words are essentially synonyms with different connotations.
I didn't want to have to edit out the names etc. and retype them, because that seems and unnecessary amount of work, so I'm just going to list them. Here goes!
| Character | Positive | Negative |
| 1. Harry | The Courageous | The Impulsive |
| 2. Snape | The Protector | The Control Freak |
| 3. Cedric | The Pleasant | The Slow Fuse |
| 4. Trelawney | The Eccentric | The Crazy Bint |
| 5. Dumbledore | The Brilliant Mastermind | The Manipulator |
| 6. Voldemort | The Politician | The Power-Hungry |
| 7. Cho Chang | The Changeable | The Fickle |
| 8. Ginny | The Director | The Bossy |
| 9. Neville | The Good Boy | The Loser |
| 10. Crabbe | The Epicurean | The Glutton |
| 11. Hermione | The Attentive | The Picky |
| 12. Fleur | The Beauty | The Scornful |
| 13. Goyle | The Employee | The Obsequious |
| 14. Malfoy | The Confident | The Arrogant |
| 15. Fred | The Jester | The Irritating Bastard |
| 16. George | The Family Man | The Reserved |
| 17. Sirius | The Extrovert | The Steamroller |
| 18. Hagrid | The Sympathetic | The Gullible |
| 19. Luna | The Objective | The Robot |
| 20. Ron | The Ambitious | The Dissatisfied |
Obviously not all of these are DIRECT synonyms, but you get the general idea. Also, not all of these traits are wholly all-ensconcing--we don't know enough about Crabbe or Goyle, for instance (or at least I don't) to know exactly what they're like. I just used inference for this exercise.
BTW: Snape is in red because I love him, and also because he was the one I couldn't decide on adjectives for. So, to be safe, I went back to drinkingcocoa's essay The Fully Knowable Severus Snape for Sev's description. Also, you may be curious why I distinguished between Fred and George, because so often they seem interchangeable. Well, they will never be in my mind after reading this essay on The Harry Potter Companion: Not Just Fredandgeorge.
Okay...yeah that's really it for now.
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But then I rank Voldemort and Dumbledore on the same exact level.
The reason, btw, that I write Voldemort in a kind of 'nice' way is because in Paradise Lost (Milton) he's written as this nice guy who just wants autonomy from God. The reason being, because we are fallen people, we perceive certain values as 'good' no matter the context--and in the context of the relationship of God vs. Man, the values that are appropriate in the relationship of Man vs. Man are NOT appropriate. I.E. Satan wants 'equality' with his ruler, like we want equality with OUR rulers on earth. However, it's different because he's merely an angel wishing to be equal with God--when we aspire to be equal to OUR rulers, as in a democracy or republic, it's a case of a man being equal to another man. Does that make sense? So that's the background with which I'm writing Satan--he's trying to be 'equal' to God, essentially.
Also, I'm trying to write him from a more relatable standpoint--because why would such established, respected, and conservative families follow him if they didn't think he would maintain the status quo? They didn't necessarily want 'reform', they just wanted to shut their doors to the influx of new 'immigrants' to their world.