Lockhart as Pullman?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 91151

I may be opening a can of worms I really shouldn't open here, 
but....  And then again, this may have been fully hashed over 
before.  [Has anyone said yet today how sucky the Yahoo Archives 
Search feature is?  Sheesh!]

I'm in the midst of John Granger's The Hidden Key to Harry Potter.  
Don't worry, don't worry--I'm not going to bring up the Christianity 
stuff in this post!

What I am intrigued by is Granger's contention that Gilderoy Lockhart 
is likely patterned on Philip Pullman.  NOTE:  I HAVE NOT YET READ 
THE PULLMAN BOOKS, which is why I am turning to you all wise 
people!!  What I'd like to know is:

1) whether any of you agree this is a likelihood, given a) that JKR 
said GL is "an exaggeration of someone [she] once knew" [purportedly 
someone she met at a book show?] and b) that GL is portrayed as 
arrogant, vain, vacuous, cowardly, attractive primarily to females, 
and in spite of his harmless facade someone who can be seen as 
dangerous to young people

2) whether Pullman's books seem to be something JKR might possibly 
see as "dangerous" [one of Granger's assertions], because they are so 
materialistic and because of his alleged personal aversion to 
anything spiritual or otherworldly or afterlife-y or higher plane-y.

Respectfully asked,
Siriusly Snapey Susan