Narcissa's hair (HP&HBP spoilers)

[Carol]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "kennyg1864" <kennyg1864 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Richard Shepard" <shepardrj@> wrote:
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> > I do not know why Narcissa had the funky two-tone hair in the movie.  It was kind of distracting.  But regardless, she should not be as "Aryan" as Lucious or Draco.  Draco is supposed to have a strong resemblance to his father, just like Harry does James.  But Narcissa is a black and they are not a blond hair and blue eyes family.   
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> > Thanks,
> > Richard
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> From the Lexicon:
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> Narcissa (Black) Malfoy 
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> APPEARANCE
> Eye color: blue eyes (GF8).
> Hair color: blonde (GF8). 
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> kennyg1864, who reflects that for this movie, the makeup department could have loaned her Jason Isaacs' wig, since Lucius was in Azkaban :P
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Carol adds:

The Lexicon gets this information straight from the books. In GoF, where we first see Narcissa, we find out that she is blonde and would have been good-looking if not for her sneer. And in "Spinner's End" in HBP, her blonde hair and tear-filled blue eyes are emphasized. Her features resemble those of the once-beautiful Bellatrix, but her coloring contrasts markedly with her sister's. (Apparently, Andromeda is somewhere in between, with brown hair rather than black or blonde and a more marked resemblance to Bellatrix.)

Anyway, it always seemed to me that Narcissa's beauty is one of the reasons that Snape took the Unbreakable Vow. Of course, he already knew that both DD and LV wanted him to kill DD, but that didn't mean he had to bind himself with a darkly magical vow that would kill him if he broke it, and he would have protected Draco in any case. I think he pities her and wants to prevent her from doing something drastic. The scene where she throws herself on his mercy, falling on her knees and kissing his hands and looking up at him with tears in those big blue eyes, appealing to Snape's power and his ability to help Draco in a way that she can't, is, IMO, supposed to make her look like a helpless maiden appealing to a powerful knight, part feminine wiles manipulating his masculine instincts and part genuine desperation. He could have refused her, risking Bellatrix's scorn and leaving himself free to break his promise to Dumbledore. Instead, he allows himself to be bound with ropes of fire, perhaps hoping that she'll only ask him to watch over and protect Draco. Once she adds that final provision, about the only thing he can hope for is that they can prevent Draco from bringing in DE back-up long enough for DD to die from the ring curse.

Of course, none of that will come through in the film, regardless of whether Narcissa is blonde and beautiful or looks like Cruella Deville.

Carol, who hopes that it's at least clear in the film that Snape wants to protect Draco, whatever else they've snipped or changed