How we picture characters

[Cheryl]

Bboyminn wrote:
 As to Fan Fic, I usually just take it as it comes. I enjoy the story 
and allow for some extrenal inconsistencies as long as the internal 
facts are consistent and not glaringly counter to the books.

>>When you write a fanfic, it becomes really obvious how much detail 
has been left out of the books!  I suppose JKR would have had to add 
another hundred pages per book to describe everyone. Here is a fun 
fact, or semi-fact, as the case may be, Draco is not discribed as 
having blond hair until Harry sees him at the Quidditch (GoF) World 
Cup. That is four book into the series. I always pictured him as 
blond, but many fans pictured him having dark hair, and were 
surprised when the author pointed out he was blond. At what point
did you realize that Draco was blond?

>>That completely shocked me, (even Christian's correction that Draco 
was described in Book III) because I had always pictured him blond 
long before the movies came out.  Now I have to wonder why!  Perhaps 
simply because he's rather introduced as Harry's opposite:  dark 
hair, dark eyes versus pale hair, pale eyes.  Strangely, if Draco had 
been dark haired in the movies, I doubt it would change my picturing 
him as blonde in the books.  I've been known to disregard the 
author's descriptions when it doesn't conform to my mental image.  
Especially in romance novels, lol!

Potioncat wrote:
 Well, I don't care for any of the wizards' costumes (except for DD 
in the first two) or any of the kids' costumes.

>>The costumes irritate me so much in the later movies!!!  They wear 
jeans and sweatshirts and tennis shoes.  Obviously, they disregarded 
the entire "wizards don't understand muggle dress" concept and had 
everyone dress like muggles except for an occasional robe.  We won't 
even discuss Hermione's atrocious dress that made her look like a 
tortured bridesmaid.  Shudder.

Potioncat: The women professors are alright. 

>>I do love Emma Thompson as Trelawney.  Then again, I'd probably 
love Emma Thompson as Snape.  If anyone could pull that off, she 
could!

>>I had fun looking up everyone's ideas for character players.  
Didn't care for Tim Roth as Snape, although maybe with long, greasy 
hair it would have been easier to picture.  Brian Blessed would have 
been a good Hagrid, except he looks a bit sinister, I think.  Mark 
Rylance has a good face for Lupin, but I would have LOVED to see 
Peter Wingfield as Lupin.  He played Methos in the Highlander series 
and I think he has the perfect Lupin attitude.  Hmmm, and Adrian Paul 
as Sirius Black?  Now I'm just torturing myself.

Cheryl