"Harry Potter" Minor Characters

I hate Viktor Krum.

Seriously, I hate Viktor Krum.  At seventeen, he's already the seeker for the Bulgarian Quidditch team (and the best seeker in the world to boot), and is clearly a favorite with young girls.  He has no flaws at all (he only commits evil under the Imperius Curse), and it's him, the urplest character in the entire Harry Potter series who gets to be Hermione Granger's first date.  

Krum can get kissed by a Dementor.  He may be a minor character in Potterverse, but he's urple and he's too good to be a believable person.  

Some of the other minor characters are way more interesting.  Cedric Diggory for example, is one such character.  He is brave, and honest.  He is also very talented.  He does have his flaws though.  He is a very believable character and very sympathetic too.  In fact, his death at the hands of the evil Lord Voldemort's servant in Goblet of Fire is considered one of the saddest moments in the entire series. 


Dobby is a very well done minor character too.  When we first meet him, he is an obnoxious and annoying little twirp who's doing his wicked masters bidding.  When we see him again later, however, he is loyal and bold to the point where he sacrifices himself to save Harry.  His death atthe hands of Bellatirx Lestrange in Deathly Hallows is also considered to be one of the saddest moments of the series.  


And how about Fred and George Weasley?  The most enjoyable pranksters in the world.  They never hesitate to give someone, especially one of the less amiable characters, a hard time.  They made the sadistic Dolores Umbridge a rough year before leaving Hogwarts.  They both love their family and are willing to risk their lives to help Harry.  Unfortunately, George loses his ear in a skirmish with the Death Eaters and Fred dies at the battle of Hogwarts.  But they're still fun.  


That is not to say that my favorite Potterverse minor characters are ones who die or suffer tragic injuries.  Another one,  Neville Longbottom starts out as a normal pushed-around kid, but then gets a larger role Order of the Phoenix and a bigger, more awesome part in Deathly Hallows.  Peeves doesn't appear in the movies, but he's incredibly funny (he's a poltergeist).  

So the minor characters in Harry Potter are mostly very well drawn or otherwise just plain enjoyable characters.  But Krum?  Let a lithofold get him.  Or better yet, a basilisk.  Just something to get rid of that urple wizard.