If Harry were real ...

[StrayDog]

One of the signs of a well written story is if the reader can insert themselves into the world. See themselves as one of the characters, watch the events as if they were actually standing there, etc. If Harry were a real person in your life would you know him? Would you be his friend? Would he be your friend? Would you hang out with him? How do you see yourself interacting with him?

[Avernite]

One of the signs of a well written story is if the reader can insert themselves into the world. See themselves as one of the characters, watch the events as if they were actually standing there, etc. If Harry were a real person in your life would you know him? Would you be his friend? Would he be your friend? Would you hang out with him? How do you see yourself interacting with him?

I'd run to the other side of the globe, that guy is a trouble magnet.

[Regenbogen]

I would either avoid him or if I were Mab, I would use him. 

[Smaug with OCD]

It's a complex question.

Personality-wise... yeah, I'd hang out with Harry. He'd be a hoot at D&D night. Though, I suspect he'd start avoiding me after I began asking him to teach me magic. But, if we're talking walking nuke, starts a war, kills faery princesses, denies a fallen angel, genocides a nation, burgles Hades' vault, solos a friggin' TITAN Harry.... I'm going to Utah. None of that crap ever happens in Utah. That... or I'd insist on going on those adventures for the heck of it... and probably get myself killed off pretty quick. Not sure.

[morriswalters]

That's a silly question.  I'll stay where I'm at and put a hit on him if he shows up in this dimension

[Conspiracy Theorist]

If I were Jim I would be worried that Harry might want payback, for example inflicting every single injury he has suffered at Jim’s hands on Jim.

[Dina]

Not a chance I would meet him. I don't live in the same hemisphere even. And Harry does not use internet. But if for some reason I could meet him, I would like that we were friends. We could do RPG, talk about Star Wars, Star Trek, all that. And I could update his references.

[forumghost]

I'd run to the other side of the globe, that guy is a trouble magnet.

This. Nothing against Harry, but I have enough trouble surviving and functioning in a normal world, with normal problems. I wouldn't survive a week in Harry's sphere of influence.

[Mira]

Oh I think I'd have one of Mac's ales with one of his famous steak sandwiches, with Harry.  I'd even spring for it, I think that would be very safe.

[Bad Alias]

Never been to Chicago, so I doubt we'd meet.

If I did live in Chicago, know Harry, and know what we all know about him, I'd move. Also given what I know about Chicago, I'd probably want to move anyway.

I'm pretty sure Harry comes across as "off" to most people most of the time. The rest of the time, he probably comes off as terrifying. I've had plenty of friends in the first category, and Harry seems like the kind of off I'd get along with.

The problem with Harry is he's probably the kind of guy who it's hard to be friends with. No cell phone, erratic work schedule, unreliable car, no electronic communications. I'm friends with a guy like that, but I'm not sure I'd maintain the friendship if I didn't work next door to him because I'd be the one maintaining the friendship, not him.