I *want* to see the characters when they aren't around Harry, or aren't in public. I *want* to see what they are like at home, with their family, or whatever, and since we don't know it is always going to be fanon.

I couldn't agree more, Fluffy. I'm working on a Lucius fic dealing with his stay at Azkaban. I expect it to be emotional. It just wouldn't feel real otherwise.