Bojan the Top7 Dog

Its starting to feel like summer to me, playing on the beach, barking up a storm in the sand. And you know what summer means: blockbusters. I can finally chow down on some buttery popcorn goodness while watching this superhero and that sequel, turn my brain off, and have some fun in the air-conditioned non-sun. Global warming is taking its toll on my furry self.

What am I most excited to see this summer? Snakes on a Plane 2? No, silly: Harry Potter 8.

Also known as Harry Potter 7, 2.0.

Also known as The Deathly Hallows, Part DEATH. Merlin’s Beard! It’s going to be great.

Hermione Granger alter ego Emma Watson just turned 21 over the weekend, and this really got me thinking about the characters themselves. According to the results of the Top7 Topic about Harry Potter Characters, it was the lightning-faced boy wonder himself that was voted the favorite, with Hermione coming in at a close second.

At first I thought that it might make a difference to filter by boy and girl voters, perhaps the girls choosing Hermione for her girl power image, or maybe the opposite. Maybe they’d choose Harry because they think he’s a cutie. Either way you break it down though, Hermione is still second to Harry.

HOWEVER, in third place for the boys comes in wizarding mentor extraordianire Albus Dumbledore, whereas for the girls, ginger icon Ron Weasley weasles his way into the third spot.

Interestingly enough, Harry and Hermione keep the top two spots no matter what age group is voting as well, with Harry at number 1 and Hermione trailing behind in second place. For the 13-24 year old boys, Dumbledore pushes Ron out of #3, but once we get to 25 years and older in the boys, Ron edges Dumbledore outta there.

Only in 35+ boys did Hermione get edged out of the #2 spot into #3, replaced by Dobby of all people. Hermione’s legal now, men. It’s all okay to vote for her instead of the creepy animated house elf.