I don't know why Harry appeals to me so much. I think its because I love someone who is sort of bumbling and awkward, who often doesn't say or do the right thing, but always ends up saving the day in the end. In the books, I loved that Harry isn't infallible by any means - he's always hurt pretty badly by the end of the books. I liked that, even though he has super powers, he really struggles with the mundane parts of life and isn't devilishly handsome and strong. He's just a regular guy, who has a great sense of humour and can do magic.
Harry
1. Harry is by far the easiest character for me to write. Writing from his POV is never hard, his voice just makes sense to me for whatever reason.
2. His voice is very similar to another character whom I love, Archie Goodwin from the Nero Wolfe novels and TV show. In fact, most of Archie's lines I could give to Harry and vice versa and they wouldn't sound odd. I sometimes pull stuff out of old Nero Wolfe fanfic that I wrote when I was 14 or so that never got published because I cannot write a good mystery, to use for Harry since it works so well.
3. I don't think I would love Harry so much were Paul Blackthorne not so adorable in his mannerisms. I always try to include some of Paul's Harry's movements, like the pointing or those boyish smiles or whatever.
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Date: 2007-11-27 04:06 am (UTC)Harry
1. Harry is by far the easiest character for me to write. Writing from his POV is never hard, his voice just makes sense to me for whatever reason.
2. His voice is very similar to another character whom I love, Archie Goodwin from the Nero Wolfe novels and TV show. In fact, most of Archie's lines I could give to Harry and vice versa and they wouldn't sound odd. I sometimes pull stuff out of old Nero Wolfe fanfic that I wrote when I was 14 or so that never got published because I cannot write a good mystery, to use for Harry since it works so well.
3. I don't think I would love Harry so much were Paul Blackthorne not so adorable in his mannerisms. I always try to include some of Paul's Harry's movements, like the pointing or those boyish smiles or whatever.