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Cedric Diggory (Hufflepuff) --- We don't know too much about those Hufflepuffs we've come to recognize, but I admire a lot about Cedric, he has great 'Puff qualities. He was a good person, he was fair and I think he was a fine choice for Hogwarts Champion. But to me, he was never exciting. He was just a bit.. there. Even through reading GoF, I was never that taken with him. He almost seemed boring at times. I think you need to make a statement of yourself. True, we don't really know all that much about him, so it's hard to say more. I just never liked him all that much, for whatever reason. I don't think he had an extremely high level of bravery, despite obviously being a talented young wizard. I kept hoping he would do a little more of something, showcase himself a little more. But sometimes he was just going through the motions, which I think I'm guilty of at times, but it seems with him it was all we got.

Cho Chang (Ravenclaw) --- Firstly, it's with her choice of friends. She had to bring her reluctant friend Marietta into the DA because she was afraid to go at it alone, and then had the nerve to defend Marietta, after knowing she betrayed the DA to Umbridge, only to find some way to blame Hermione for it in the end. I fully believe my character judgment is tuned well enough to prevent having friends who would betray me in the first place. Not to mention -- All. The. Crying. I understand the situation of course, but I thought it was horrible that she accepted a date with Harry while obviously still mourning over Cedric. Needing someone to talk to is one thing, but stringing Harry along is another. I just did not like her as a character at all. I always thought she was wishy-washy and just such a complete... well, GIRL. I've always liked that I seem to not be in the "girly girl" group. I don't concern myself with boys all the time, and I don't string people along -- romantically or otherwise. She's almost a puddle of goo with no strength or backbone (despite her Quidditch skills). She toyed with Harry, tried to make him jealous and just ended up making a mess of things. And in the end, thus far, she's never tried to smooth things over with Harry, proving she probably never really cared about him all that much in the first place. I know if I ever cared about someone, I at least make an effort to make the final break on good terms, and with civil words.

Draco Malfoy (Slytherin) --- Oh, Mr. Malfoy. There are a few things I dislike in this character. He is so incredibly whiny. He's just a little twit who is a classic case of "all talk, no action." I cannot stand it when people don't back up what they say. He's always shouting empty threats and warning that he's going to "tell his father" about something. He never fights his own battles, (all the way down to HBP mind you.) and has yet to prove himself once. He even bought his way onto the Quidditch Team for crying out loud. If you can't fight for yourself, what good are you to your own existence? You're not always going to have someone there to help you. I think you have to have at least a little backbone, a little independence. I think I have that. He constantly needs to be the center of attention -- and most of the time it's to facilitate his "mudblood" hate -- and strives to be the leader of a group of "yes-men" who do nothing but fluff his ego. I don't like people who surround themselves this way. I prefer to surround myself with those like me - my equals - not a lot of admirers. . I don't think he's really done one respectable thing, really. He has adopted nothing but the ideas he has been taught and makes no effort to try to learn any sort of acceptance or form his own opinions about the wizarding world around him. He basically knows he's skirting through life on a free ride (or was) and doesn't care one bit about being his own person or clearing his own path through life. What Daddy has done is good enough for him. I'm one who wants to do what I want to do, for me. I don't want to do what my parents did, I don't want to be just another person in a line of tradition. I want to be different. I want to think for myself and be my own person.