[HPFGU-OTChatter] Books to movies to books was Re: What should we do next?.

[Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force]

[I wrote]:
| > And it's not just her characters but the way she gives even
| > minor characters a good bit of depth.  One example I can think of is
| > Professor Tofty in OOTP.  Now, how big or important a character is
| > he? He's not, but from how he was described and how he showed 
| > compassion and kindness to Harry when he had his collapse in the 
| > Great Hall...
| 
[Zanooda]:
| How about his outrage when he saw from the tower McGonagall being
| Stunned :-)?

[Lee here]:
"Galloping Gargoyles! Outrageous!" :-)  Yes, indeedy.

[Zanooda again]:
| I liked a lot both him and Professor Marchbanks :-). You
| are right, JKR can make even minor characters memorable. Even Regulus,
| who doesn't have any lines (being dead and all :-)), has enough
| substance so that we can create an image of him in our heads.

[Lee]:
Yup, and the recurring Madam Marsh who, as much as she hates the Knight Bus,
has taken both night and day trips on it (POA & OOTP).  Even some of the
portrait people have substance.

Smile,

Lee (Who loves her characters!)