Results Of The Favorite Lockhart Poll

I added an Opinion Stage poll to this post where I talked about two characters from two different series who happen to share the same last name. The surname in question is "Lockhart" and the characters are Tifa Lockhart from the Final Fantasy series and Gilderoy Lockhart from the Harry Potter series.

Final Fantasy is a series of fantasy and science fiction role-playing video games created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and developed by Square Enix. Tifa Lockhart (#ad) was first introduced in Final Fantasy VII. The FFVII game is available on the following platforms: PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, iOS, PlayStation 4, and Android.

Tifa is the childhood friend of Cloud Strife, the protagonist of FFVII. She is also the owner of a bar known as 7th Heaven. Tifa is kind and caring, not to mention a very capable and powerful fighter whose main weapon is in the form of gloves.

Harry Potter is a 7-book adventure, action and fantasy series written by J.K. Rowling. It was also made into an 8-part film by Warner Brothers Pictures. Gilderoy Lockhart (#ad) was first introduced in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, book 2 of the HP series. He was the Defense Against The Dark Arts professor in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Thanks to his good looks and his numerous achievements, which included writing a lot of books and defeating all sorts of magical creatures, he had a lot of fans. However, his teaching skills were less than impressive. Near the end of book 2, it was revealed that he was nothing more than a liar who was only really good at obliviating or erasing people's memories. He would erase the memories of those who'd accomplished impressive things and then claim to be the one who'd done said things.

Anyway, for reasons that I'll talk about in another post on another one of my blogs, I decided to delete the Opinion Stage poll and replace it with one from SurveyMonkey. The poll in question was created on 05 Nov 2014.

On my dashboard on the Opinion Stage site, the statistics page for this poll looks like this:

This is the new favorite Lockhart poll from SurveyMonkey:


So, what about you? Who's your favorite Lockhart? You can share your thoughts and opinions by voting or by leaving a comment below.

*Notes:
- Pics are screenshots from my Opinion Stage account
- Pics from the first screenshot and photos from the poll are from Amazon.com; links shown above

Gilderoy (Harry Potter) Versus Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy)

Harry Potter is a 7-book fantasy series by J.K. Rowling. It was adapted into an 8-part film by Warner Brothers Pictures. The story stars the title character who finds out that he's actually a wizard. He is sent to a school known as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In this school, he learns how to use his wand and cast all sorts of magical spells. These spells allow him to do things like open locked doors and make objects float. Harry has a lot of adventures with his friends and classmates.

Final Fantasy is a series of role-playing video games for different platforms including PlayStation 1 to 4, Xbox 360, GameCube, and more. It was created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and developed by Square Enix. A lot of games have already been made, and each of them usually have their own plots and themes. The stories are usually about a group of characters who have to band together to face the evil villain or antagonist.

What the 2 series have in common?

If there’s one thing that the 2 aforementioned series have in common, it would be the fact that they each have a character with the same last name. The surname in question is "Lockhart," and I’m talking about Tifa Lockhart from the Final Fantasy series and Gilderoy Lockhart from the Harry Potter series.

Note that their last name is "Lockhart" and not "Lockheart," which can be pretty easy to miss since the names sound alike and only differ slightly in spelling. But the similarity between these two ends in the surname they share and it’s not just because of their difference in gender. The 2 are nothing alike.

Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy

Tifa Lockhart (#ad) is a member of the group known as AVALANCHE as well as the owner of a bar (located in the slums of Midgar) known as the 7th Heaven. She was first introduced in Final Fantasy VII.

She’s the childhood friend of Cloud Strife, who is the the main protagonist in Final Fintasy VII. She is a kind and caring person who is also a very capable and powerful fighter.

Gilderoy Lockhart from Harry Potter

In contrast to that, Gilderoy Lockhart (#ad) is the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts for book 2, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He was one of Harry's teachers. His many achievements include writing a lot of books about his encounters with dark creatures and how he dealt with them.

He is very popular and has already managed to receive a lot of awards for all his accomplishments. However, the truth is that he’s a liar. He didn’t do any of the things that he claimed he did. He’s just pretending to be the one to have done all these cool and awesome things. He is a very arrogant and vain person who is pretty incompetent and incapable.

Your favorite Lockhart?

So, what do you think of these two characters? You can share your thoughts and opinion by taking the quick poll below. Know another Lockhart or like another one who isn't mentioned here? Feel free to tell us about this character. Mention their name and the series they're from in the comments section below.


Aside: this post is part of the Names Series, a series of short articles intended to showcase some characters who just happen to share the same name even though they’re from different shows and series.

*Notes:
- First pic is a screenshot of the favorite Lockhart poll from my Opinion Stage account. It was created on 05 Nov 2014
- Pics from that screenshot and from the poll are from Amazon.com; links shown above
- This was previously published elsewhere

Results Of The Favorite Cho Poll

I added a poll from Opinion Stage to this post where I talked about two different series who happen to have characters with the same name. The name in question is "Cho". The series in question are Saiyuki by Kazuya Minekura and Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling.

Saiyuki is an anime and manga series with various sequels and prequels, so it can be a little confusing if you're wondering which one to watch or read first. If you want to watch the anime, start with Gensomaden Saiyuki. This one is followed by Saiyuki Reload then Saiyuki Reload Gunlock. There's also a movie known as Gensomaden Saiyuki: Requiem. For the manga, start with Saiyuki then Saiyuki Reload. There's more, but I'll talk more about this in another post.

Anyway, Saiyuki follows 4 main characters (one of them is Cho Hakkai (#ad)) who have been sent by the Goddess of Mercy or Kanzeon Bosatsu to the west, so they can stop the evil Demon King Gyumaoh from being resurrected. Naturally, they face a lot of challenges, enemies and adventures along the way.

Harry Potter is a 7-book fantasy series which stars the title character. The books have also been adapted into an 8-part film. The story is about Harry Potter who goes to this magical school called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he learns to use his wand and cast magical spells.

These spells allow him to do all sorts of things like make objects float, open locked doors, and more. He even learns how to fly on broomsticks. One of the girls or witches whom Harry has a crush on is Cho Chang (#ad) from the house of Ravenclaw. They dated for a short while, but it didn't work out between them, so they didn't end up together.

For reasons I'll be talking about in another post in another one of my blogs, I've decided to delete the favorite Cho Opinion Stage poll and replace it with one from SurveyMonkey instead. The poll in question was created on 08 Nov 2014.

On my dashboard on the Opinion Stage site, the statistics page for this poll looks like this:

This is the new favorite Cho poll from SurveyMonkey:


So, what about you? Who's your favorite Cho? You can share your thoughts and opinions by voting or by leaving a comment below.

*Notes:
- Pics are screenshots from my Opinion Stage account
- Pics from the first screenshot and photos from the poll are from Amazon.com; links shown above