JKR and the Snape/Harry dynamic

[ladyramkin2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 106518

Neri, we seem to be talking at cross purposes, almost certainly my 
fault - apologies.  Obviously, if you count every single character 
mentioned in the Potter books, JKR wins by a mile.  Also, we are 
talking about five books as opposed to a single Dickens one.  I don't 
think you can count people merely mentioned in passing, who never 
actually appear, as characters. Don't know why I am going on about 
Dickens on an HP site. Quantity doesn't necessarily equal quality and 
Dickens is a great writer, while JKR is merely a very very good one.
OK, kill me now.

Sylvia (who is listening to Elvis singing The Girl of My Best Friend 
while typing this, and wondering whether it will be Ron or Harry 
singing along.)