Coolest Enemies of All Time

No offence meant to my wonderful friend Kallisti, but friendships aren't the only major parts of a story. I mean, what's a story without a friendly love-hate (or hate-hate) relationship? Not to be morbid or anything, but enemies make a book - and even in some cases, the enemies would be awesome friends.

#1: Draco and Harry

One of my favourite enemy pairings - the pureblood daddy's-boy (one-time ferret) and the half-blood Chosen One. A pair doomed from the start! Part of me wonders what the story would have been like if Harry accepted Draco's offer of friendship and ditched Ron...most likely (SPOLIER ALERT) he wouldn't have ended up married to Ginny. But there's something so nice about the way they continuously hate each other - and it doesn't wear out at all either! (Fave moment - when Hermione slaps Draco ...priceless!)

#2: Percy and Luke

This was one of those heart-breaking instances when they could have been FRIENDS! But Luke got all "My daddy hates me and I want to be a rebellious angst-ridden teenager and try and blow up the world and incinerate the Greek Gods!" (Not that he actually said that but you get the idea) Obviously, after (SPOILER ALERT) Luke nearly killed Percy by setting that scorpion on him (friendly move - real friendly), Percy wasn't happy. But before that Luke tried to train Percy to fight, kind of older-brother-mentored him and was a good person - everyone liked him. Lesson: Power can make you a social outcast. Be wary.

#3: Edward and Jacob

Besides the fact that this is a rather horrible picture of Robert Pattinson (and Taylor Lautner come to think of it), these two are the saddest pair of enemies. Not sad as in "Boo hoo, my pet chameleon just died!", but sad as in "You two are enemies over a whiny girl who has just as much spine as a jellyfish?" Honestly; how stupid can you get? Enemies for life over a girl and not to mention the fact that oh, one's a werewolf and the other a vampire - mortal enemies or something. These two need to up the macho and make up already. Maybe if Edward named Jacob the godfather of his kid or something.

And maybe you are all thinking that I've officially lost it, but just as Kallisti said that book friendships make you appreciate your friends, book enemies help you learn what not to argue over (Ha ha - you thought I was gonna say that they help you appreciate your enemies. Tough luck.). 

If Edward and Jacob had had a brain between them, or if Draco had thanked Harry for saving his worthless backside - even if Luke and Percy had had some diplomatic skills ("Hey Luke - letting a god possess you is not the way to go about a healthy father-son relationship.") perhaps things would have been different. 

But perhaps it's better that way. Something to think about, hey?!

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