He gets more complex in the fifth book. He also develops a very bleak sense of humor. I was an odd angsty teen, because I really had something to angst about (being very very sick and very very lonely, having had a close friend commit suicide, and having a stalker and a drug addicted brother among other things) so I kinda felt for him and his whole "EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG! I WILL ANGST" in the fifth book. Until then, I was really only reading the series because everyone in my school was, and I read anything I could get my hands on.
I liked McGonagall too. Too bad we really didn't see much of her, though I loved her coming to Trelawney's defense against Umbridge.
JKR took her minor characters and kept a strict demographic of England ratio with them. She didn't do it very well. I think they stayed background characters partly because she didn't know what to do with non WASPs.
I liked the idea of Tonks. I didn't like the execution one bit.
Part of Lily I think was that we saw so little of her (being as she was dead) and her real purpose was to motivate Harry and Snape. Talk about being refrigerated.
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Date: 2009-10-25 01:17 am (UTC)I liked McGonagall too. Too bad we really didn't see much of her, though I loved her coming to Trelawney's defense against Umbridge.
JKR took her minor characters and kept a strict demographic of England ratio with them. She didn't do it very well. I think they stayed background characters partly because she didn't know what to do with non WASPs.
I liked the idea of Tonks. I didn't like the execution one bit.
Part of Lily I think was that we saw so little of her (being as she was dead) and her real purpose was to motivate Harry and Snape. Talk about being refrigerated.