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When comparing books and their movie adaptations, books almost always prove to be better. One of the reasons is that a film does not always manage to convey the same imagery as a book in which emotions are blended with visuals. When reading, one can form a completely different image of a place or a character and have entirely another general feeling of a story. 

When creating a film adaptation, the cast is usually chosen according to the characteristics described in a book. However, the looks are not always so precise. With that in mind, one Vietnamese woman (to her followers known as MsBananaAnna) decided to use artificial intelligence to see what Harry Potter characters would look like based on book descriptions.

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Sirius Black

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MarmotArchivist
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He looks like a protagonist from a Vampire TV series.

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Bored Panda got in touch with the author of this idea to learn more about her and this project. The woman revealed that she's a 28-year-old "nerd" living in Melbourne. She has been a huge "Potterhead" since grade school. "I basically grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermoine and remember waiting in line at midnight for the release of each book."

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    Fleur Delacour

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    "I came up with the idea to recreate the characters when I tried to find some fanworks of Hermione. I watched the movies and though I like Emma Watson, I always thought she was too gorgeous to be Hermione. I couldn't find any renditions of her that I thought were accurate so I ended up making her myself. People seemed to enjoy it so much that I decided to make more characters."

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    Severus Snape

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    While some characters look similar to the ones one sees in the movies, others look nothing like them. For MsBananaAnna, Sirius was the one she personally liked the most. "I thought that was plucked straight from my head. Artbreeder can be pretty limiting in what you can do and can be a bit twiddly so not all of the characters came out as I wanted, but I thought Sirius came out as I imagined him! Dark and regally handsome."

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    Lily Potter

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    Cody
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure they give her realistic looking green eyes, while giving Harry those florescent orbs.

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    Narcissa Malfoy

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    The recreations of Harry Potter characters got a lot of attention on Reddit (here and here) where MsBananaAnna (or, as she calls herself on Reddit, lettuceown) posted them.

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    Argus Filch

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    #9

    Ginevra Weasley

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    Glittery Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not too bad, I don’t think she was casted well in the movies anyways.

    April
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree but I think a lot of why I feel that way is because book Ginny was so, so much better than movie Ginny. They took away so much of what really made her a great character in the books. (Although I will always feel that Rowling forced the relationship between Harry and Ginny just to be contrary to expectations!)

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    Phil Boswell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those freckles need a bit of work, they look like she's been fiddling with her dad's car…

    GoddessOdd
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This AI does terrible job on freckles. I don't know anyone with freckles that look like these.

    Kim Pacheco
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely love this Ginny. My only complaint about the Ginny in the movies though is that there just wasn’t much of her in them

    Alice Platzer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yah, I had a younger-looking Kate Bush in my mind reading the books :-)

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    Fabio Paolo Barbieri
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Beautiful, intelligent, wilful, not realizing how lovely she is because of a shower of freckles. Much better than the girl in the movies. In fact, pretty much Ginny as I wanted her to be.

    Rozah Skizzer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, bonnie is also not how i imagined her to look like either. She was supposed to be real prettyy even slytheryn guys had started to gossip about her beauty. But there wa smore to her then her pretty face, in the movie they didnt let her have any scenes, all of a sudden harry fell in love eith her. It came out of the blue. She didt seem ans special and they didnt have many moments together that shiwed what led hary to like her. She was just an ok looking girl who played quidditch ans was eons little sis in the movies

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    GadgetGirl
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not bad, much closer than the movie actress

    Orange Is Aging
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At first I was like “who?” Then I realized…

    Ozymandias73
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they used the same freckle design on all the Weasleys

    Glirpy
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it doesn’t even look like freckles. It looks like dirt. Freckles are cute. These are not cute.

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    Arne Timmer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks too sweet, Ginny is way sharper.

    Kate Baird
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not loving the zit-like freckles

    Streuselsturm
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like she has some seriously contagious skin rash going on there

    theoneandonlynoira
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i think younger bonnie wright was good, but as she grew up she didn't really look like ginny should have

    WonderWoman
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't those kind of freckles be all over her neck as well?

    Nick Ples
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the problems with the later movies was Ginny and Harry have zero chemistry. The actress was good in Chamber of Secrets. But in Half Blood Prince she's supposed to be fun and popular but she has the personality of a dead moth.

    Jah Know
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think she was cast well for the movies. Casted is not a real word.

    Jah Know
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was cast well in the movies anyway...

    Michelle King
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those look more like horrible zit scars and freckles… I think they need to clean that pic up a bit

    Madeleine C
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks a bit more like mud than freckles-

    Ally Jones
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can definitely she Harry falling for this version as she gets older but don't think the freckles are right at all. I always pictured her to have cute cheek freckles which she grew prettily into as she grew up

    Christine Will
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. The freckles here are way too large and dark. Otherwise, pretty good.

    Merrilyn Wasson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Overdoes the freckles. They do not always accompany red/auburn hair.

    Holly The cat
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda looks like Emma Watson as a redhead tho

    Maya Freeman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They did the weasely's bad in this post, most were casted well in the movies though

    Tuesday's child
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought her name was Virginia 😑

    Joshua Clinard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is terrible. It looks like she's got jaundic. Her face tone is very wrong. Bonnie Wright was a perfect Ginny to me.

    Zach Brown
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I definitely see the turn-out.

    Emma N
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i for. one like her in the movies

    Muff_Fluff
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the only one I don’t think looks near right, and I’m saying that as a Ginny lover.

    Megan Bebla
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She might as well be lilys daughter

    Erica Richardson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She has green eyes, and no freckles in the movie

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    2 years ago

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    Miya Bennett
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She look like she goin through depression. Dats how you know dis da real version

    no
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tooooo many freckles. Way too many

    Giselle Kurbatova
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if I was harry and ginny looked like this I wouldn't wait 'til sixth year to date her lol

    Korby McCheese
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If she acted outgoing and looked like this, ginny would have been my favorite move charecter

    Alana Rippy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think she was pretty in the movie. Lots of potential.

    Oupsay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she looks mildly like hermione

    Lily Possum
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Recreation works very well!! ☺

    Pascale Pierloot
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was thinking more of the younger Jessica Chastain.

    Dani R
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's with the bruising?

    Valerie Witter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She didn’t have such a pimply face…I know she had freckles but PLEASE!

    Vi Photography
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im not sure why but the more i look the more female characters here seem alike like sisters and they also are like in moovie

    Nethra S
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like Bonnie Wright’s acting, and she makes a great Ginny -whether or not she actually got any screen time- but I don’t think she looks like how Ginny’s described.

    Bettina Jansen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not bad, this one. My mind made her face a bit rounder and her eyes hazel, but that might just be me. The freckles look fake though.

    MK
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was always wondering why the weaslys had no freckles

    Aarya
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the freckles are not as realistic as they could be tho

    OLIVI YAY (she/her)‍
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those freckles look fake, but other then that it is pretty good!

    Alex Pope
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which character was she again?

    Lady of the Mountains
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This may be a young ginny, but you can tell she's got fire

    DDmaybeandor
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    3 years ago

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    Is this right? Why did I think it was just Jenny?

    Monday
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ginevra Molly Weasley officially. They just called her Ginny for short.

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    Cho Chang

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    Rabbit Carrot
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her name though. 🤦‍♀️ When every other girl has a nice / interesting / exotic name the only Asian girl has the worst most stereotypical name going.

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    Charlie Weasley

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    Jayne Kyra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still upset there was not more of him. He works with dragons! Dragons!! He looks handsome in this recreation, too.

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    Lucius Malfoy

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    Zero
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda looks like an adult Tom Felton. Which makes sense of course.

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    Hermione Granger

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    Remus Lupin

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    Harry Potter

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    Luna Lovegood

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    Julieandthephatones
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    heh i think they did her pretty well in the movies

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    Draco Malfoy

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    John Smith
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty close. Looks a bit malnourished tbh.

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    Neville Longbottom

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    Fred And George Weasley

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    Lord Voldemort

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    James Potter

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    Ronald Weasley

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    TheLilacButterfly
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    those eyes are boring into my soul please stop smiling like that ron!

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    Bellatrix Lestrange

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    BA
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one really reminds me of an actor or actress. I can't really name it? It's like a mixture of famous people I know but I can't tell them apart. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP.

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    Cedric Diggory

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    Dudley Dursley

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    Cody
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like he's about to undergo mitosis.

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    Petunia Dursley

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    Monday
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I forgot that Petunia was blonde. Odd that they wouldn't just make her wear a wig for her scenes.

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    Dolores Umbridge

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    Nika De Beer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this was in the movie, it would have been a horror

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    Peter Pettigrew

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    Jayne Kyra
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This looks like a Weeper from the game Dishonored.

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    Merope Riddle (Voldemort's Mother)

    Merope Riddle (Voldemort's Mother)

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    Kimberley McMillan
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why did the AI make wall-eyed? Was that described in the book? Book 6 isn't my fave so I've not read it enough to remember.((people have already pointed out the description that I wasn't recalling. Kinda don't need multiple comments restating the same thing))

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    Bill Weasley

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    Gautam Balachandran
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Longer hair. Earring with a fang. More cool, less dorky. Probably got confused with Percy.

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    Minerva Mcgonagall

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    Nicole Weymann
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, sorry, but even before seeing Maggie Smith in that role she was the spitting image for my personal McGonagall.

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    Pansy Parkinson

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    Lil' Roo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgive me, but she reminds me of an angry pig for reasons I cannot explain.

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    Gilderoy Lockhart

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    Viktor Krum

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    Jill Sadler
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously where are everyones cheeks?! No one is fed in the books apparently. Chiseled jawlines and sunken cheeks.

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