i'm more of a chaser, really

one of the reasons why is, even years later, i still can’t get over how freaking…….. NICE this kid is. like yeah yeah you hear about his (ptsd-and-also-being-completely-locked-out-of-the-loop-for-no-good-reason induced) outbursts in OOTP, and his occasional moments of being an insensitive dipshit (as teenagers are wont to do), but seriously, here is an abridged list of the things the absurdly nice harry james potter has done:

gave cedric (his competition) a heads-up about the dragons because he knew everyone else had been clued in and it wasn’t fair to leave cedric in the dark

gave ginny the free books lockhart gave him, since he could buy his own easily

wished he could share his fortune with the weasleys, and only didn’t offer because he knew they’d never accept it

upon realizing ron was embarrassed about being poor, immediately opened up about his own crappy background to cheer ron up a bit

told neville he was worth 12 of malfoy

went the extra mile to rescue gabrielle, a girl he didn’t even know, after ensuring that ron and hermione were safe

bought a bunch of candy to share with ron, and thinks about how nice it is to have someone to share things with

he freed dobby

and, later, gave him a real burial (oh, this? this is sand in my eyes)

reprimanded himself for being jealous over ron being made prefect, and instead chose to be happy for him

he wanted to share the triwizard cup with cedric

when romilda vane implied that his friends aren’t cool, he basically told her to shut the fuck up

pretty much immediately forgave ron after their fight in GOF, after ron realized he was wrong

and also forgave him in DH after ron saves his life

gave the triwizard winnings to fred and george so they could fund their dream project

and before that, trying to give them to cedric’s family

forgave ernie for suspecting him of being the heir of slytherin, even though ernie had been being a real dick about it

brought luna with him to slughorn’s party as a friend

sort of reconciled with dudley (at least, it was a good start) 

crucio-ing carrow’s ass for spitting at mcgonagall

the fact that, in spite of everything, he tried to get voldemort to feel just a pang of remorse so he wouldn’t face the terrible fate awaiting him after death. granted, it was never gonna happen – this is voldemort we’re talking about – but still, he tried.

Never forget: that time Taika Waititi literally crashed the set to say hi to Chris Evans

bonus:

The Incredibles 2004