Additionally, this whole thing encourages the "archetype plus 1-3 quirks" characterization style that I hate.
Haha, yes. *sigh*
I have so little familiarity with Harry Potter generally (it mostly just passed me by) that I find it reasonably easy to ignore this phenomenon, because my eyes just skate past, but I can totally see how annoying it would be, especially if you're looking for in-depth character meta!
I do occasionally wonder about enneagram types, which at least allow for healthy/unhealthy movement along axes, but I myself am a very a-typical One, so it's not like I see those as little boxes characters need to fix into. For me, it's more about tendencies and patterns of behaviour: under stress, people like this tend to get more like that. And then see if that movement rings true for that character.
ETA: And then forget all about it and just write fic. *g*
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Haha, yes. *sigh*
I have so little familiarity with Harry Potter generally (it mostly just passed me by) that I find it reasonably easy to ignore this phenomenon, because my eyes just skate past, but I can totally see how annoying it would be, especially if you're looking for in-depth character meta!
I do occasionally wonder about enneagram types, which at least allow for healthy/unhealthy movement along axes, but I myself am a very a-typical One, so it's not like I see those as little boxes characters need to fix into. For me, it's more about tendencies and patterns of behaviour: under stress, people like this tend to get more like that. And then see if that movement rings true for that character.
ETA: And then forget all about it and just write fic. *g*