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She and Lavender do have some fairly hilarious antics, even if Lavender obviously scores higher due to book 6. But really, this is a bit of a tossup, because neither Pavati or Bane really do anything. Pavati only gets the nod, because it took me a while to remember Bane at all....
(3)Cedric Diggory (14)Hannah Abbott
Ok, as far as random hufflepuff girls go, I actually find Susan Bones more memorable than Hannah Abbott, probably because of her connection to Madam Bones. But...yeah, matching "lesser token hufflepuff female in Harry's year" against freaking Cedric Diggory seems a little unfair.
(7)Filius Flitwick (10)Kreacher
Absolute slaughter. Kreacher is a top tier character. Flitwick really doesn't do much.
(2)Ginevra "Ginny" Weasley (15)Rose Weasley
Rose? Who the hell is rose? *googles*. Oh, epilogue character. Yeah, I'm inclined to take the stance that pure epilogue characters shouldn't be nominated; possibly excepting Albus Serverus Potter, because he actually gets some screen time and a chance to show his own personality.
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Huh, I had kind-of expected the Kreacher match to be a landslide for Kreacher. Looking at the vote totals, apparently I need to provide supporting arguments o_O
(I suppose spoilers)
The initial premise for Kreacher is...interesting, if not entirely standout. Kind-of a reverse Dobby--a house elf loyal to dark wizards and forced to serve light wizards. I happen to find it a more entertaining premise, but that's a style thing (I'm more amused by snarky and underhanded insults than I am by blind adoration and praise). If the books ended at book 6 he'd well...he'd have a couple of good smart-ass one liners ("Master Malfoy moves with a nobility that befits his pure blood") but that's about it.
But then there's book 7. First of note, Kreacher is one of the few characters who gets significant character development. He doesn't behave the same way at the end of the series as he does at the start of the series. But where I feel Kreacher is actually pretty brilliant is the way in which this is done. Kreacher is not human and does not think like a human--and I really should emphasize just how hard it is to do non-human psychology; usually when I see authors attempt it, it just does not really work for me. In the case of Kreacher, however, it's quite well-done. Harry actually yells at Kreacher "I don't get it: Regulus was against Voldemort. We're against Voldemort. Why aren't you on our side?" and it's explained to Harry that elf brains just don't work like that. It's not until Harry says "we want to help you finish master Regulus' last task" that Kreacher's loyalties begin to change. Elf brains are focused on tasks and individuals rather than groups and political affiliations--even though their masters might train them about wizarding politics, and they might repeat what they hear, their minds actually operate on a different granularity most of the time.
The moment is also a pretty nice payoff to years of "Oh, is Hermione ranting about Elves again? Are these elf rants ever going to be relevant at all?"
All-in-all, it just feels like some pretty decent execution on something that's fairly hard to write (non-human psychology. Making an irrelevant story arc actually relevant).
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MC, it's not that I dislike Kreacher (and actually I liked him a lot after he warmed up to Potter), it's that I just like Flitwick more! To me he's not one of those background professors like Hooch or Sprout that gets less focus than whatever subject they're teaching. While it's true he's not in-your-face at all times like Snape, he's not quite as invisible as the aforementioned duo. I'd say he's right in between Madame Pomfrey and Professor Trelawney in screentime so to speak.
My like of Flitwick mostly comes down to sentimental value. He taught Harry, Ron, and Hermy their first life-saving spell - Wingardium Leviosa, is regarded among Hogwarts as one of the best professors, and he is Head of my favorite House. Not to mention he's an adorable little old guy with his tiny stature and his squeaky voice. So yeah, just a bad draw all around for Kreacher.
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