harry potter is one of my favorite main characters ever. the movies sort of watered down everything i like about him, but book!harry is SO underrated and i love him dearly.
one of the reasons why is, even years later, i still can’t get over how freaking…….. NICE this kid is. like yeah yeah you hear about his (ptsd-and-also-being-completely-locked-out-of-the-loop-for-no-good-reason induced) outbursts in OOTP, and his occasional moments of being an insensitive dipshit (as teenagers are wont to do), but seriously, here is an abridged list of the things the absurdly nice harry james potter has done:
gave cedric (his competition) a heads-up about the dragons because he knew everyone else had been clued in and it wasn’t fair to leave cedric in the dark
gave ginny the free books lockhart gave him, since he could buy his own easily
wished he could share his fortune with the weasleys, and only didn’t offer because he knew they’d never accept it
upon realizing ron was embarrassed about being poor, immediately opened up about his own crappy background to cheer ron up a bit
told neville he was worth 12 of malfoy
went the extra mile to rescue gabrielle, a girl he didn’t even know, after ensuring that ron and hermione were safe
bought a bunch of candy to share with ron, and thinks about how nice it is to have someone to share things with
and, later, gave him a real burial (oh, this? this is sand in my eyes)
reprimanded himself for being jealous over ron being made prefect, and instead chose to be happy for him
he wanted to share the triwizard cup with cedric
when romilda vane implied that his friends aren’t cool, he basically told her to shut the fuck up
pretty much immediately forgave ron after their fight in GOF, after ron realized he was wrong
and also forgave him in DH after ron saves his life
gave the triwizard winnings to fred and george so they could fund their dream project
and before that, trying to give them to cedric’s family
forgave ernie for suspecting him of being the heir of slytherin, even though ernie had been being a real dick about it
brought luna with him to slughorn’s party as a friend
sort of reconciled with dudley (at least, it was a good start)
crucio-ing carrow’s ass for spitting at mcgonagall
the fact that, in spite of everything, he tried to get voldemort to feel just a pang of remorse so he wouldn’t face the terrible fate awaiting him after death. granted, it was never gonna happen – this is voldemort we’re talking about – but still, he tried.
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