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* Mat Cauthon in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''. Also, everyone else to a lesser extent. |
* Mat Cauthon in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]''. Also, everyone else to a lesser extent. |
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* Severus Snape of the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series perhaps walks the line between this and all out [[Jerkass]]. He's ridiculously biased towards Slytherin, he has a particularly nasty grudge against Harry Potter and his associates {{spoiler|due to the actions of Harry's father}}, and holds a nearly-homicidal grudge against {{spoiler|Sirius Black for his childhood antics}}. And yet, in the end, he {{spoiler|was in fact fanatically devoted to Dumbledore, saving Harry's life and eventually getting himself killed by Voldemort}}. |
* Severus Snape of the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series perhaps walks the line between this and all out [[Jerkass]]. He's ridiculously biased towards Slytherin, he has a particularly nasty grudge against Harry Potter and his associates {{spoiler|due to the actions of Harry's father}}, and holds a nearly-homicidal grudge against {{spoiler|Sirius Black for his childhood antics}}. And yet, in the end, he {{spoiler|was in fact fanatically devoted to Dumbledore, saving Harry's life and eventually getting himself killed by Voldemort}}. |
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** The grudge against {{spoiler|Sirius Black appears nearly homicidal only in the scene in ''[[Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' in which he has an emotional outburst at Sirius' escape. However, at the time, he still believes that Sirius is responsible for the betrayal of James and Lily Potter, and so the outburst can be attributed for his life-long love of Lily (Evans) Potter, Harry's mother, another major addition to his "heart of gold" status. His rivalry with Sirius is much tamer in all later moments in the books when he has been assured of Sirius' innocence, even going so far as checking up on Sirius' safety when Harry has visions of him trapped in the Ministry with Voldemort}}. |
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** Speaking of which, Sirius Black himself fits this trope, as well as his best friend, James Potter. |
** Speaking of which, Sirius Black himself fits this trope, as well as his best friend, James Potter. |
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** While not a jerk, Horace Slughorn seems to be rather more concerned about his influence and knowing famous people than being a decent person, as well as being a bit 'old fashioned' (He seems to find the idea of muggle-borns being really good witches novel but to his credit doesn't hold it against said witches and seems to like such a surprise). However, {{spoiler|his terrible guilt over what he revealed to the young Tom Riddle as well as his willingness to personally fight Voldemort in the final book}} show that there's more to him than connections and influence. |
** While not a jerk, Horace Slughorn seems to be rather more concerned about his influence and knowing famous people than being a decent person, as well as being a bit 'old fashioned' (He seems to find the idea of muggle-borns being really good witches novel but to his credit doesn't hold it against said witches and seems to like such a surprise). However, {{spoiler|his terrible guilt over what he revealed to the young Tom Riddle as well as his willingness to personally fight Voldemort in the final book}} show that there's more to him than connections and influence. |
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