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If anything earns you a slick nickname in the wizarding community, it’s surviving a one-on-one encounter \u00a0with You-Know-Who. This feat was particularly impressive in Harry’s case, as he had his<\/em> first run-in with the Dark Lord while he was still in diapers \u00a0(of course, he had a major assist from his loving mum *sobs*). Wizards around the world \u00a0heralded him proudly as The Boy Who Lived<\/strong> before he even knew \u00a0he had a gash in his forehead.<\/p>\n But Harry isn’t the only character who \u00a0emerges as a hero \u00a0and deserves some magical moniker action. Let’s dole ’em out, shall we?<\/p>\n Hermione<\/b><\/p>\n If there’s one girl who stands out above them all in terms of academic prowess and hand-to-face action, it’s \u00a0Hermione Granger. My theory is that \u00a0she must have built \u00a0some impressive triceps from all the hand-raising she did during her time at Hogwarts (the Draught of Living Death in Potions class was a rare miss, but even then, those \u00a0textbook instructions were highly misleading).<\/p>\n Ron Weasley<\/b><\/p>\n Ronald Weasley tends to get \u00a0thrown for a loop way more often than the other members of the Hogwarts squad, don’t you think? \u00a0\u201cBlimey\u201d and \u201cbloody hell\u201d were his regular vocab staples \u00a0when situations got out of control, which was often. But remember when he reopened the Chamber of Secrets in Deathly Hallows<\/em> \u00a0by 100% pulling \u00a0some fake Parseltongue out of NOWHERE so that Hermione could stab a Horcrux?<\/p>\n Luna Lovegood<\/b><\/p>\n No need to alert the Quibbler<\/i> \u00a0about this gal’s strange behaviors. She is my spirit animal. Reading the newspaper upside-down, solving existential door-opening riddles, blaming \u00a0a fuzzy brain on Nargles\u2014she wasn’t about that conformist life and was all the \u00a0better \u00a0for it.<\/p>\n Neville Longbottom<\/strong><\/p>\n Was there ever a more earnest wizard than Neville Longbottom, whose moral compass was almost always pointed in the direction of the Herbology classroom? If not for his moments of supreme bravery and snake murder, he might’ve been best-suited for the Hufflepuff crowd because his heart was most certainly \u00a0made of \u00a0Professor Sprout’s bubotubers.<\/p>\n Draco Malfoy<\/b><\/p>\n Okay\u2014Draco \u00a0has, like, a moment<\/i> \u00a0of personality redemption in book seven. But if you \u00a0take a step back, you can’t overlook \u00a0that \u00a0he \u00a0was an unnecessarily nasty bully who not ONCE \u00a0checked his massive privilege. Remember the time he derided Harry for not having parents to go home to at \u00a0Christmas? Yeah. \u00a0He wasn’t the WORST (that title belongs to LV), but he was up there for sure.<\/p>\n Cedric Diggory<\/b><\/p>\n Whether or not you were actively rooting for Harry Potter to win the Triwizard Tournament, you have to admit that Cedric Diggory made a great case to pull for the Hufflepuffs. He was nice and friendly and smashing<\/em>, and above all else, he coaxed Harry into a bubble bath scene that was undoubtedly the peak \u00a0of the \u00a0fourth movie. \u00a0Many a choked-up sob has been had \u00a0for this guy.<\/p>\n Ginny Weasley<\/b><\/p>\n If not for Ginny Weasley’s curiosity, we probably would have never seen \u00a0students, cats, and Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington \u00a0fall victim to the paralyzing \u00a0eyes of The Basilisk. Poor Ginny. All she ever wanted to do was get through her primary education without passing out in front of Harry.<\/p>\n Fred and George Weasley<\/b><\/p>\n If George can joke about it, can \u00a0we? Even in the darkest days at Hogwarts, you \u00a0could always count on these two \u00a0for some moments of levity and Puking Pastille distribution. Fred and George created an business empire \u00a0out of nothing but a small loan from Harry and \u00a0some quality bathroom humor, and for this \u00a0I tip my hat.<\/p>\n Dudley Dursley<\/b><\/p>\n Apart from Draco, obviously, was there ever a more infuriatingly rotten human existence \u00a0than Dudley Dursley of Number Four, Privet Drive? Dudley was the kind of kid who tallied up his birthday presents and expected the number to increase with every passing every year. Awful, awful child. Fast forward about seven years: The day the Dursleys go into witness protection, Duds leaves a cup \u00a0of tea in front of Harry’s bedroom door as a parting gift. \u00a0He thanks Harry for saving his life in an oddly sweet, fleeting moment.<\/p>\n What would you call Dumbledore? \u00a0Sirius? Mundungus Fletcher?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If anything earns you a slick nickname in the wizarding community, it’s surviving a one-on-one encounter \u00a0with You-Know-Who. This feat was particularly impressive in Harry’s case, as he had his first run-in with the Dark continue reading<\/span>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/boywholived_hermione2.jpg\")
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