lomonaaeren

There's not much that completely turns me off, but one that I see quite often is this- Harry and Draco get together somehow, and suddenly everyone and their mother turn against them. Ron turns into a homophobic jerk (with the rest of the Wesleys and Hermoine following his example), Draco is disowned by his parents, Harry is shunned by society, etc etc, all for the sake of having the story be primarily Harry/Draco. Notice, I don't have a particular problem with one or several of these happening, if it makes sense within the context of the story (though I can't imagine the entire Wesley troupe shunning Harry if the author wants to keep even remotely canon). It's when it happens so that the author doesn't have to include the other characters that it drives me nuts. You can easily isolate the characters, or concentrate solely on their relationship, without committing mass character assassination on everyone else.