Yeah....well, it's TOO EASY to compare them...but I don't mean anything bad by that. They're not the SAME, they just have a similar....feel? Mood? Outlook? In some ways. Another thing you should know is that, even though I am perfectly capable of reading myself :P my mother insisted on reading the Harry Potter books OUT LOUD to the family, because she had read them first and she wanted to share them with us.
Logical. But the reason I say this is because I have mostly only heard the names said out loud, rather than seen them! So I have a major tendency to misspell EVERYTHING. :P Don't worry. I'll learn eventually. I just want you to know, if I spell someone's name wrong, I'm not an idiot, just...a bit confused. For example, for the LONGEST time I thought it was something like "Birdybots' Every Flavour Beans". Like, a bird-shaped robot. Birdy-bot! I had no idea it was two seperate words: Bertie _Bott_...
Not to mention "Malfoi" and "Quirl" and some other blunders I've made in the past. Oy. :P
Anyway...when my mom was reading the books out loud, I kept driving her NUTS interrupting to make Discworld-related in-jokes. For example, the last name Longbottom INSTANTLY reminded me of Cheery/Cheri LITTLEbottom. Yes? Yes?! Hogwarts and Hogsmead sound like they go in the same category as "More-pork" and "Hogfather" and "Hogswatch" and so forth...
Both schools are bigger on the inside than they seem to be on the outside, and have corridors that lead you to a different place on Tuesday, not to mention things like the room turns out to contain the room that you just walked out of and so forth...but I imagine that's typical for schools of magic.
As for my name, I almost named myself "Gwendolyn Gimple", but for the life of me I couldn't remember if that was a Discworld name or a Harry Potter name! :P I think she's a witch. That's all I'm sure of. I ran into an odd name the other day in real life I almost used: Fazeela Gantry. Now if THAT isn't a Ramtops witch name I'll eat my pointy black hat, bat-shaped hat-pins and all. "Featherstone" I think I got from Goodboy Feather Bindlestone III, the swamp dragon (aka Errol).
And your test IS on crack! But I won't hold that against it. I put down stuff that made me sound decent, but fairly boring...however, DECENT is the key word. It thought I was the most muggle-ish muggle that ever existed, though! :P
Robin Chesterfield...essentially looks like ME. I mean the REAL-LIFE me. Only as a wizard. I have cat's eye glasses like that! Mine are tortiseshell orange, not black, though, but they are the exact same size and shape. My hair is that long, that straight, and close to the same colour. The features are real similar, and so is the expression. And so on.
I have a page of Discworld and other fantasy-related artwork...wanna see? Huh? Huh?
Oh, and by the way: I made up a "show page" for the cartoon version of "Soul Music". It's not up yet 'cos it's the rough draft, but I posted a link to said rough draft over at the Animated Lust main forum (under the name Captain Chaotica). You're welcome to look at that, too, if you like.
I had no idea it was two seperate words: Bertie _Bott_...