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My favourite... Remus Lupin.

He is quiet, and shy, but is underestimated (remember in Book 3 how he produced flames in his bare hands?).

He seems to only speak when he needs to, and could be considered a kind of father figure to Harry.

My favorite person is Hagrid. He is consistently the most kind and most honest person in the series, often to his own detriment. A good case can also be made that, in many ways, Hagrid is the most tragic.

This is the person who Voldermort hurt first and has hurt the longest. One of Voldermort's very first crimes at Hogwarts was killing Moaning Myrtle and--as Tom Riddle, Mpdel Prefect--he as able to blame this murder on Hagrid and basically get off scot free while Hagrid was thrown out of school, an event which has followed him to this very day.

Hagrid has seen many lives get ruined over the decades; many people he loved have died. Although Harry lost his parents to Voldermort, Hagrid has felt the most pain: Harry never knew his parents and hasn't known Dumbledore that long, but Hagrid did and it is for this reason that he was the most upset at Dumbledore's funeral. It's also the reason why the Hagrid was the one who cried at the death of Harry's parents.

This is the only person besides Harry who has the most right to see that Voldermort is ultimately defeated and (hopefully) punished. I hope that he plays a very large role in the final book in doing so.

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Sirius. He experienced a childhood even worse than Harry's and by Book 5 has spent most of his adult life either in hiding or in prison (for a crime he didn't commit), yet he has remained a person of strength and integrity. He is also a vulnerable person--indeed, he needs Harry as much as Harry needs him--and this makes him one of the most fully developed adult characters in the series (not the only one, of course.)

I love Hermione too, but my favorite character is Neville Longbottom.

I've always been attracted to the more minor characters in books and films and I love how Rowling has taken us from the terribly timid Neville in Sorcerer's Stone to the more assertive Neville we see in Order of the Phoenix. The St. Mungo's Hospital scene where he and his grandmother are visiting his parents absolutely brought me to tears.

I look forward to Deathly Hallows and hope to see more of that Gryffindor bravery from Neville.

My favorite person is Hagrid. He is consistently the most kind and most honest person in the series, often to his own detriment. A good case can also be made that, in many ways, Hagrid is the most tragic.

This is the person who Voldermort hurt first and has hurt the longest. One of Voldermort's very first crimes at Hogwarts was killing Moaning Myrtle and--as Tom Riddle, Mpdel Prefect--he as able to blame this murder on Hagrid and basically get off scot free while Hagrid was thrown out of school, an event which has followed him to this very day.

Hagrid has seen many lives get ruined over the decades; many people he loved have died. Although Harry lost his parents to Voldermort, Hagrid has felt the most pain: Harry never knew his parents and hasn't known Dumbledore that long, but Hagrid did and it is for this reason that he was the most upset at Dumbledore's funeral. It's also the reason why the Hagrid was the one who cried at the death of Harry's parents.

This is the only person besides Harry who has the most right to see that Voldermort is ultimately defeated and (hopefully) punished. I hope that he plays a very large role in the final book in doing so.

Ditto on the Weasley twins! But also, I just love no other fictional character better than Harry Potter himself!!!

The Weasley twins! Always good for some comic relief, and good mates, to boot.

The book is very long - the movie shorter than the usual Potter, why?

Hermione Granger. She's an insufferable know-it-all with the brilliance to back it up. She often comes up with that missing piece to the puzzle and has a heart of gold.

Hagrid-- very vivid personality, important character. And Robbie Coltrane does a great job on the big screen with this role

Snape. Severus. And I think it has as much to do with the brilliant Alan Rickman as it does Ms. Rawling. She did invent a character with oily hair and sometimes described his "hooked nose." (After awhile I was thinking Snape = Shylock.) I so glad the casting powers gave Rickman the nod, and he plays it all in his own half-blood manner.

No, I do not know if he is good or bad or both. He was pretty dependable in book four... we'll see next weekend (July 20th at midnight, right?)

I don't know if he is good or bad, but I'll always love him, whatever befalls.

My favorite H.P. character is Ron Weasley. I find him hilarious in the books and completely believable (or at least as believable as a teenage wizard can be). I also think that Rupert Grint was perfectly cast in the movies to play Ron. As I read the books I always picture Rupert as Ron although I usually have my own images (that I've retained since pre-movies) for the other characters.