Build-An-Author a new canon game

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 178544

I suggest a new game!

Where do authors get their characters? I've heard (but don't recall 
where) that authors put a bit of themselves into their characters. With 
that in mind, we should be able to see hints of the characters in JKR, 
or hints of her in them. If we gathered enough characters and somehow 
merged them together, would we have Jo?

Which character sometimes reminds you of JKR? Or, Does JKR ever display 
traits of one of her characters? Cite canon or at least refer to it. No 
characters off limits this round.

Potioncat, who has compartmentalized all deep, dark thoughts about DH 
into a tidy little box and hid it behind tasseled shawls, poufs, and 
pictures of too cute kittens.