{"id":4908,"date":"2016-12-21T09:24:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T15:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/?p=4908"},"modified":"2017-01-18T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T23:26:00","slug":"top-10-favorite-harry-potter-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/?p=4908","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Favorite Harry Potter Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because I can.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4915 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4-horace-slughorn-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4-horace-slughorn-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4-horace-slughorn-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/4-horace-slughorn.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>10. Horace Slughorn<\/strong>. Just fun to observe in-book, barely edging out Gilderoy Lockheart.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4917 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/10989_HP_Minerva_POP_GLAM_HiRes_1024x1024-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>09. Professor McGonagall<\/strong>. Gains major points in Book 5, but consistently salty throughout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4918\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/phineas_nigellus_black_sketch_by_feliciacano-d4n78gd-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>08. Phineas Nigellus Black<\/strong>. Love-to-hate without hating too much.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4919\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tumblr_odinlvwbbH1tnax4vo1_500-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tumblr_odinlvwbbH1tnax4vo1_500-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tumblr_odinlvwbbH1tnax4vo1_500-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/tumblr_odinlvwbbH1tnax4vo1_500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>07. Griphook<\/strong>. Clever and consistent, sticks to his guns. Doesn&#8217;t make whiny excuses for his actions like Harry.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4920\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ron_Weasley_Wallpaper-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>06. Ron Weasley<\/strong>. Overshadowed without being too underdog-preachy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4921\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/51J0MsQjvcL-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/51J0MsQjvcL-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/51J0MsQjvcL-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/51J0MsQjvcL.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><strong>05. Fred &amp; George<\/strong>. No justification required.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4922\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/HermioneGrangerDoll-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>04. Hermione Granger<\/strong>. Book deliberately tries to make her unlikable with consistently sexist descriptions (&#8220;shrill&#8221; again and again and again). Likable for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4923\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Remuslupin_DH-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>03. Remus Lupin<\/strong>. Loses major points in last book for being a selfish drama-king.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4924\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/dumbledore_bust___detail_by_alfredparedes-d347ay1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>02. Dumbledore<\/strong>. I relate to smart people. Sue me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4925\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/LunaLovegood_WB_F6_LunaWearingGryffindorLionHat_Illust_080615_Port-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>01. Luna Lovegood<\/strong>. Book makes her slightly more obnoxious and therefore more human and relateable. Major props to anyone who elects to live in their own world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because I can. 10. Horace Slughorn. Just fun to observe in-book, barely edging out Gilderoy Lockheart. 09. Professor McGonagall. Gains major points in Book 5, but consistently salty throughout. 08. Phineas Nigellus Black. Love-to-hate without hating too much. 07. Griphook. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/?p=4908\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9u111-1ha","jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/c71cb81fcd65b4f3b0bd824f26ef7e06.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4908"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4926,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4908\/revisions\/4926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jaredmcdaris.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}