the character I least understand

Crabbe and Goyle—er, plot-wise they pretty much count as one character, right? (Surely they couldn’t have been that fantastically dumb. There must have been some character development somewhere.)

interactions I enjoyed the most

Pretty much any scene with Buckbeak or Molly Weasley made me really happy (as far as I can remember). That scene at St. Mungo’s where Arthur is telling everyone he got stitches? Magnificent.

the character who scares me the most

Dumbledore. At least with Voldemort it’s damn clear he’s using you.

the character who is mostly like me

oh man oh man uhhhhhhh Nicolas Flamel! because if I was a magical scientist who discovered/created an amazing something of deadly potential I too would stick it in a mirror where almost no one would ever get it. I would also then give Dumbledore EXPLICIT INSTRUCTIONS to smash the damn thing if a homicidal megalomaniac went after it. I’m thorough like that.

hottest looks character

I admit I decided which characters were awesome upon their introduction based on the sounds of their names, so really this is a list of characters whose names made me happy:

Kingsley ShackleboltRowena RavenclawAragogMagorian (MARS IS BRIGHT TONIGHT. wee me thought that was a riot)Minerva McGonagallSilver Arrow (yes I know that’s a model of broomstick shut up)

also my first thought when I read the name “Viktor Krum” was that he was a very small rock.

one thing I dislike about my fave character

Narcissa Malfoy does have the whole wizard bigot thing working against her, I admit. 

one thing I like about my hated character

I honest to god do not like one thing about Snape, but he’s well-written, so there’s that.

a quote or scene that haunts me

God, the scene where Harry has to make Dumbledore drink the water from the zombie lake (????) when they’re fetching the locket. That was awful.

a death that left me indifferent

I really didn’t care when Voldemort died. Generally whenever there’s a prophecy of doom involving one outcome versus another I go kicking and screaming the whole way, like no! it can’t be that literal! why did you just give us the ending? where is the surprise!!! I was hoping for there to be some twist to it—some horrible pitfall or metaphysical fine print neither Voldemort nor Harry expected—but alas. 

On the other hand, Narcissa got her moment. So on the whole I’m happy.

a character I wish died but didn’t

Did Fenrir Greyback die? I hope someone turned him into a coat.

my ship that never sailed