James casting, good looks (was Lupin casting?)

[quidditchmom <gallo@wpaccs.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Amy Z <lupinesque at y...>" 
<lupinesque at y...> wrote:

> Why, she muses sociologically, do so many of us imagine every 
> character we like as handsome?  What percentage of people you meet 
in 
> real life strike you as particularly handsome?  Aren't most of the 
> nice people you know rather ordinary-looking--with faces that are 
> very attractive to those who love them, but that wouldn't be judged 
> handsome by our harsh, People-Magazine-trained, looks-obsessed 
> society?  Why then do Lupin, James and Sirius all have to be good-
> looking?  It's as if readers want to inhabit a fantasy world where 
> all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the 
> children are above average.  (I, of course, do not in any way 
inhabit 
> a fantasy world.  I would never read fantasy novels obsessively or 
> name myself after a fictional magical werewolf, for example.  :-P)
> 
>>
Me:

Oh dear, we do do that, don't we?  Hmmm.  What's that old 
saying, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"?  I think, for me 
anyway, that if someone's personality is strong or pleasing to me or 
even if it's just their mannerisms that are attractive, I will see 
that person as "handsome" or "cute" or something like that 
(especially men *ahem*!).  

As far as Lupin, James and Sirius go, they all come across to me as 
people whom I would like to meet.  This is just going by 
how their personalities are described.  Maybe I can see some of my 
old friends in them or maybe some of myself?  James especially seems 
to remind me a lot of an old boyfriend of mine!  Sirius reminds me a 
bit of myself (mischevious, hothead?).  Lupin is kind and gentle, 
which I greatly admire.  

In short, I guess if we identify with a character in some way, or 
they are "our type" if it's the opposite sex, we'll tend to project 
our "ideal images" onto them to complete the picture.  I don't know 
if that makes any sense?  Then again, I could be out in left field, 
too!  Any thoughts?

Quidditchmom...who wishes she had a group of friends like the 
Marauders when she was in school...