Agreed on Lupin and Sirius, at least in Prisoner of Azkaban. Lupin's romance with Tonks came completely out of left field. Tonks herself resembled nothing more than a fan character... anyway.
With Snape it was increasingly obvious that he would turn out to be Good All Along. The more Harry hated him and suspected him of various wrongdoings on shaky evidence and against Dumbledore's instruction, the more I impatiently tapped my fingers and said "Yes, yes, and?" It had the result that I was actually surprised in book 6 when Harry proved right in suspecting Malfoy, because I was expecting a few more levels.
I also noted that, discounting Snape and Sirius and possibly Quirrell, all the baddies are disliked by Harry immediately and everyone he disliked was a baddie. The nice upshot with Kreacher didn't mitigate that enough.
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Date: 2007-10-11 03:16 pm (UTC)With Snape it was increasingly obvious that he would turn out to be Good All Along. The more Harry hated him and suspected him of various wrongdoings on shaky evidence and against Dumbledore's instruction, the more I impatiently tapped my fingers and said "Yes, yes, and?" It had the result that I was actually surprised in book 6 when Harry proved right in suspecting Malfoy, because I was expecting a few more levels.
I also noted that, discounting Snape and Sirius and possibly Quirrell, all the baddies are disliked by Harry immediately and everyone he disliked was a baddie. The nice upshot with Kreacher didn't mitigate that enough.