Post by Harry Potter on Jun 8, 2009 16:22:56 GMT -5
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Your Age: 17
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Basics.
Character's Full Name: Harry James Potter
Nicknames, pseudo names: just Harry
Age && Birthday: eighteen, Jul 31st.
Blood: half
Previous House: Gryffindor
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Appearance.
Eye Color: green
Hair Color: black
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General Description:
For anyone who knew Lily and James Potter, it's easy to see where Harry got his physical features from. He bears a very similar resemblance to his father, from his hair to his body type. Harry has always been thin. In the earlier years of his life, he might have even been considered scrawny. Eleven years of like as the Dursley's reluctant border didn't exactly mean he poured on the pounds. They didn't starve him, of course, but he certainly didn't pack away as many calories as his cousin Dudley. He remained thin and knobby-kneed even after he began attending Hogwarts, even with the hearty Great Hall feasts under his belt. Only with a few years of quidditch training did Harry's body start to fill out, his shoulders to broaden slightly. However, he remains slim, since that's the nature of good seeker. He stands at a fair stature, although not as tall as his good mate Ron, he's at least average height for a male.
Harry's hair has always been rather stubborn. It sticks up in the back and absolutely refuses to lie flat, giving it a perpetually windswept look that his father before him actually worked hard to preserve. Both Aunt Petunia and Molly Weasley have tried to do something to make it look presentable, Petunia with scissors and Molly with a comb. Both methods were utter failures. Harry has never minded the stubborn nature of his hair; in fact, he rather enjoys it, since it's one more thing that connects him to James. The young man's eyes are the exact same emerald green hue that Lily's were, drawing further comparisons between he and his parents. Adults who meet him for the first time are eager to point out the similarity. In fact, he hears it so frequently, that Harry can anticipate the comment and confirm it almost before it's made. Still, Harry is proud of this connection, too. Harry wears glasses, and has for most of his life. He has a very difficult seeing much without them.
Harry's greatest distinguishing feature is the scar on his forehead, which is shaped like a lightening bolt. When Harry was younger, his aunt and uncle assured him that the scar was acquired during the car accident that killed his parents. Later, however, Harry learned what it really was; a mark from the night Lord Voldemort tried to kill him. It was formed when Voldemort's killing curse rebounded off of Harry and hit the Dark Lord instead. This mark is a tangible symbol of his parent's love for him, and of the sacrifice that Lily made. Whenever Voldemort was near or feeling a particularly strong emotion, Harry's scar would burn painfully. Thankfully, since Voldemort was defeated, Harry's scar has been conspicuous by appearance only.
Personality.
Likes && Dislikes:
Harry has been an avid quidditch fan since he entered the wizarding world. His very first trip into Diagon Alley, he was intrigued by the sleek racing brooms displaying the windows. It wasn't until his first flying lesson as a first year that he actually rode one, but he quickly proved by a natural. He made the Gryffindor quidditch team while he was only in his first year of schooling, becoming the youngest school seeker in a century, as his friends were happy to remind him. He's always loved the game, and rarely feels as at home as he does on the quidditch pitch. Now that he's graduated, Harry doesn't play as much, but he does get on the old broom when he can for pure pleasure.
Harry's most prized possession would have to be his friends. They mean more to him than anything in the world, so I suppose you could say they're one of his greatest "likes". The Weasley family especially fits into this category; ever since he met Ron in his first year, Harry has felt as though he's an extended part of this family. Molly has treated him like nothing less than a son, and all of them have gone out of their way to support and defend him. Ron and Hermione each made extreme sacrifices to help him throughout their school careers, and especially last year, when all three of them went on the run. This means more to him than he can express. Then of course, there's Ginny, his best friend's kid sister, who he fell for two years ago, and hasn't stopped loving since.
Then, of course, there are the mundane things. Harry enjoys a nice warm butterbeer, even since he first tasted Madame Rosemerta's in Hogsmeade. He likes warm weather, because he does enjoy spending time outdoors, rather than being cooped up inside. He loves Diagon Alley, which has a special place in his heart since the time he spent there in the summer of his third year. Essentially, Harry loves all things magical. It wasn't so long ago that he was living in the muggle world without any idea that magic actually existed. Though he takes many magical things for granted now, there's still room for a few delightful surprises. Hogwarts also holds a special place in Harry's heart. The castle feels like home to him, more so than Privet Drive ever could.
Harry has an extreme dislike for blood snobs. It's no wonder, really, since the majority of Voldemort's ideology seemed to revolve around eliminating muggle-born wizards from the face of the earth. Since one of his best friends was a muggle born, and he himself might as well have been, it's fairly obvious why that sort of thinking didn't fly too well with him. There's also a special category of dislike reserved for the Death Eaters. Though most of them ended up being simple pawns in the end, it's difficult for him to forgive them for what they've done. They and their leader decimated he fellowship in the wizarding world, and attempted to harm the people most dear to him. Not to mention the fact that they were responsible for the death of his parents, and tried to kill him. All of that is enough of a justification for dislike, really.
Interests && Hobbies:
As mentioned above, quidditch is one of Harry's main hobbies. He was quite a good seeker at Hogwarts, and quidditch seems to run in his blood. He was captain during his sixth year, a mark which distinguishes him not only as a solid player but as a decent leader on the pitch. I'm not sure that catching dark wizards is quite a hobby, but it is an interest. Harry's been involved in fighting the dark arts for the entirety of his lifetime. He doesn't really get great pleasure out of it, but there is a certain sense of achievement to be gleaned from destroying the most powerful dark wizard the world has ever seen. Harry's always aspired to be an auror, and therefore intends to make a career out of his knack for DADA.
Strengths:
Harry has always demonstrated a great amount of resilience. He's gone through a great deal of emotional strain, and yet always manages to bounce back from it. A lesser man might have folded under the pressure many times; after all, most of his classmates thought he was a complete nutter during his fifth year, after he tried to provide a true explanation for why he'd seen Cedric Diggory get murdered. The murder alone is enough to scar anyone, and the lack of support afterward is equally upsetting. And while Harry isn't unaffected by it (he had quite a short temper that year), he still somehow manages to move past it all and stick to his convictions. Harry doesn't let those outside pressures make him feel like giving up, and he certainly doesn't let anything shake his beliefs.
His most important strength, at least in Albus Dumbledore's strong opinion, is his ability to love. Love has played a key part in Harry's life. It isn't more important for him than for anyone else, but it does play a more obvious role. Harry was saved as an infant by the strength of his mother's love for him. Because of the sacrifice that she made, Harry was safe when in the home of his blood relatives for seventeen years. The ultimate difference between Harry and Voldemort was that the former could love, and the latter could not comprehend that feeling. This strength of Harry's became his most potent weapon against his adversary.
Harry is an admirable leader. If you asked him, he'd deny it. He was thoroughly surprised that his peers responded so well to his leadership in the DA. He never saw himself as the type to command the respect of others, especially as a mentor, but he does. He made a decent quidditch captain, too. Of course, has bravery and stubbornness contribute to being a good leader, too.
Weaknesses:
Harry has an unfortunately short temper. He gets frustrated easily, and tends to take out that frustration in the form of anger directed at whoever is around him at the time. Harry is extremely defensive about his convictions, and when others hesitate to believe him, the young man can get extremely frustrated. Once he's reached the end of his short temper, he gets rather cross and snappy. At such times, he's not exactly the most fun person to be around. He has difficult separating those who are to blame and those who happen to be near him at the time. As a result, his friends often get an earful if they are misforunate enough to be in the wake of his anger. He really doesn't mean to be so temperamental, and he certainly has no intention of harming his friends' feelings. It just sort of happens.
The young Potter doesn't have very good foresight. He has little regard for the consequences of his actions, and is more of a spur-of-the-moment person. He's impulsive, an acts on reaction rather than planning. It's a good thing he has a best friend who's far more attentive to outcomes than he is. Whereas his first reaction is to dive into a situation on adrenaline alone, Hermione at least tries to restrain him and make him think. He's learning slowly that it's better to have a plan of action, but it's taking a while for that message to sink in.
Secrets:
Boggart:
Harry's boggart is a Dementor. From the first time he was in the presence of a Dementor, the boy developed an oddly strong reaction to them. His professor had thought his boggart would take the form of Lord Voldemort, but he was incorrect; Remus Lupin once noted, very astutely, that Harry's greatest fear is fear itself. The dementor is fear, and when Harry is in close proximity with it, he remembers pieces of the most horrifying night of his life, the night that his parents were killed. It is fear itself which paralyzes him, not fear of a specific image or object. Learning to conjure a patronus and defeat both dementors and the form a boggart takes for him was symbolic, in that it was a literal representation of learning to conquer his fears. Learning to concentrate on loving and warm memories in order to force away the bad was not only useful in conjuring a patronus, but in his continual fight against Lord Voldemort.
Patronus:
Harry's patronus, which he learned to conjure at the fairly young age of thirteen, takes the form of a stag. This stag is the exact image of his father's animagus form. It demonstrates the extent to which is father is still a part of him, even if Harry never got a chance to know James as most children do with their fathers.
Overall Personality:
Harry possesses the qualities of a stereotypical Gryffindor in bunches. Bravery, first and foremost, is a huge part of his character. Harry has been demonstrating courage throughout his life; if first became apparent with the events of his first year, when he met Voldemort once again after ten years of separation. In each year following, he demonstrated that he refused to let his fear overtake him, and he met each challenge he was faced with head on. Harry has proven that he's unafraid of less life-threatening challenges, as well. His nerves on the quidditch pitch have never gotten the best of him, and he never backed down from a challenge by his arch-enemy, Draco Malfoy. While others might take the word of teachers or ministry officials at face value, Harry always questions when he suspects some part of the truth has been withheld. No matter the consequences, he has the courage to pursue what he believes is the truth.
Harry's bravery wouldn't be able to hold up as well as it does without a certain dose of stubbornness, which can be both a strength and a weakness of the young man's. Harry always sticks to his convictions, regardless of what other people think of them. In some cases, this is for the best. While angered by the refusal of the rest of the wizarding world to accept Voldemort's return, Harry refused to cave and let their opinions sway him. He stood by the fact that he had seen The Dark Lord come back, even though it cost him many blows to his reputation, and a permanent scar on the back of his hand. This of course points to Harry's resilience. Nutter though he was thought to be, he didn't let it get to him. Harry is also not one to simply accept authority as correct. Of course, Harry's stubbornness can also be a negative quality. There are times when it would be better to open his mind more to other possibilities.
The best example of this danger is the hero complex that Harry has developed. Hermione described it as his "love of playing the hero." While he furiously sought to refute that this was so, his actions contradicted him. Harry constantly takes risks in order to save others, sometimes unnecessarily. He feels an obligation to put others first, at the detriment of himself, and it doesn't always work out well for him. Voldemort came to understand this quality and took advantage of it. It ultimately lead to Sirius' death. What some people don't understand is that Harry doesn't act as he does out of desire for fame. He's simply good-hearted. He doesn't view an potential benefits of his bravery, he simply uses it as he knows how.
Loyalty is another typical Gryffindor characteristic which Harry possesses. He's very committed to his friends and his loved ones. Sure, he has spats with them on occasion, but it's generally because of his renegade temper, and when it comes down to it he'd never maintain a fued. Harry is fiercely defensive of his friends and especially of his deceased God Father, Sirius Black.
As mentioned in the strengths section, one of the most important aspects of Harry's character is his ability to love. It was born out of his mother's sacrifice for him. It is the reason he used his wand to disarm, not to kill, and it's the reason he is so loyal to his friends. Harry's actions are always dictated by a tendency to love and forgive rather than to hate and hold grudges. Though it occasionally gives him pleasure to argue when he feels particularly frustrated, at heart he likes peace far more than he likes war.
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