It’s called a character arc, and everybody has one. It’s the progression of a character throughout a film as they go from “A” to “B” and change emotionally, intellectually, and physically along the way. It exists because nobody sane wants to watch two hours of some dude sitting in a chair…which just so happens to be the story of how this very list was made. When it comes to action, horror, and any other fast-paced genre of film, one of the best things about watching the characters adapt is that since the environment they exist in is so do-or-die, there is a incredibly steep learning curve – so by the end of the film, you most likely have a completely different person you started with…and considering that they are still alive, they probably got way, way more badass along the way.

After years of being the dorkiest kid on the block (he’s into science more than sports! Ridiculous!), Neville Longbottom is about to be all grown up for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II. It’s been a long road, but the boy who might have been the boy who lived looks rough and ready to take some revenge in this first picture from the highly anticipated movie. Check it out for yourself. Hopefully, Harry Potter cosplayers and Cosby cosplayers will find some common ground here and hit a few New York City subway stops with some more theatrics.