have so much potential to be SO MUCH MORE INTERESTING THAN JKR MAKES THEM. :D

There are things I adore about HP books (except for the last one) but your statement could apply to just about any character in the first 5. JKR had great potential and wasted a lot of it on petty romance stupidity and taking the easy way out, instead of writing to the potential of the universe she created.

And I agree with Simon -- your young Tom ROCKS!