Humor in the Canon

[David Howell]

No: HPFGUIDX 68007

Has anyone considered what JKR (long may she write!) might do for 
humor now that the Weasley twins seem to have taken their act to 
Diagon Alley for commercial purposes? I have a feeling that the next 
books will be a lot darker than OoP and that was dark enough. I 
can't see Ron as a comic character and Hermione has yet to exgibit 
anything save a know-it-all attitude. Neville is a walking tragedy 
through no fault of his own and the Dursleys can't carry more than a 
few pages as comedic characters. It ain't gonna come from the 
Slytherins and I wouldn't be counting too much on Hagrid.
Fred and George have kept me in stitches through the first five 
books but unless JKR brings them back for a graduate course 
(unlikely given their departure in OoP) I just don't see much in the 
way of humor down the road.

"David"