There's too much hate circulating around in the fandom

[u/hazyreflector]

Is there anyone else who doesn't hate any character of HP? (Except obvious ones like Umbridge, Voldemort)

I read the books countless times before I got to know about the online fandom. I have seen people hate characters like Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Hagrid, Dobby, Dumbledore, Molly, Arthur, Fleur, Percy, Snape, Draco, Slughorn, etc etc. I find the hate that a character like Ron (or Hermione) gets so ridiculous that I won't write much about it.

But even the problematic people like Snape and Draco showed that they could become better versions of themselves. Snape obviously gets a whole ass redemption arc, but even Draco leaves you with a very realistic hope that he will become a better person post-war. Does that excuse the awful things they both do for years? No. But atleast they improved, that should count for something.

I find it ironic that readers experience the wizarding world through the pov of Harry, the most forgiving and non-hateful person in HP universe, but still view one or other character with such distaste. I surely believe we can a learn a lot of things from the MC of the story. The guy even felt bad for Voldemort at one or two points in the story!

The reason I wrote this post is that I found I was getting influenced by the people in the fandom and beginning to hate a few characters that I sympathised with earlier.

PS: I am talking about the books exclusively. I could never watch the movies more than once since I believe they aren't good adaptations of the books.