Which HP characters are stereotypes?, was: Re: Stereotyping

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Carol:
> <snip> In fact, the only two characters who seem to me to be 
>stereotyped are Crabbe and Goyle, who are virtually 
>indistinguishable except for their heights and haircuts, and I 
>confess that it would be hard to avoid stereotyping in their
> case. <remainder snipped>

I disagree. My major complaint about stereotyping among the HP 
characters is not Crabbe and Goyle, who would not be particularly 
more useful to the plot if three-dimensional, but Draco. He's so 
boring! With the end of OotP, we're finally starting to gain 
insights into what drives him, but not nearly as much as I'd like. 
He's a character I would love to see more developed, whether he ends 
up on the dark side, as would seem likely, or if he converts, as is 
my hope. 

For someone who serves such a major purpose in the books, he's 
terribly flat. I want to know what his childhood was like -- did his 
parents really coddle him, or does he say that to cover up painful 
memories? I can definitely see Lucius as an abusive father. He's 
abusive about everything else, after all. How much does he know 
about the DEs? Has he heard his father speaking to LV? Has he, 
perhaps, seen LV himself? (That would be a nice connection to 
Harry.) I think Draco's quite intelligent and interesting, but I've 
no way of knowing, as we aren't told much about him.

Then again, ask me any HP question, and I'm likely to incorporate 
Draco into the answer. I don't know why, but he makes sense to me, 
and I'll be thrilled if he's more toward the forefront of the last 
two books.

So, for the rest of you, who aren't all Draco-fans (and yes, I was 
long before the movies. I imagined him as unattractive and still 
thought he was marvelous.), which HP characters do you think are 
stereotypes and would you change that or not? For example, I really 
wish Draco were more developed, but don't care about Crabbe and 
Goyle. Which characters would you like to see more of in general?

Cheekyweebisom