Blond Hair

[optimistic_88 at msn.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 13198

I agree with you on everything you've said so far-first of all I'd 
like to claify that I am not Swedish, or from any Swedish descent. I 
am in turn from part German, part Slovenian, and part Hungarian. But 
I've visited the 'land of happy little blonds', but I am not one 
myself. That's about it. Over and out.
~Kim B.
--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> jennifer.k at l... wrote:
> 
> > Conclusion: rowling doesn´t like blondes. I am as a 
representative of
> > sweden (the land of happy little blondes) tremendously offended.
> 
> Well, judging by the folk of Swedish descent whom I've met, you're
> actually from the Land of Great Big Blond People. I have never met a
> little Swedish person.
> 
> I think you do JKR a disservice as an author, to think she is so 
remote
> and categorical to use such hair color "tags." As I understand the
> process--Penny can correct or clarify--an author develops a mental
> picture of their character. In many cases, the personality of the
> character helps to "build" their appearance in the author's mental 
view.
> It's an organic process, nothing so clinical as, "Hey, we need 
another
> brown-haired person to balance the scene." For most of the 
characters,
> then, I'd imagine their hair color just "felt" right for them to 
JKR,
> with no other overarching plan.
> 
> So while the examples of unpleasant blond people in the book may be
> evidence of JKR having bad associations with blonds on some level or
> other, I really doubt she's using hair color as a marker or clue.
> [Exception: there may be some connection with black, untidy hair,
> specifically Harry's and Tom Riddle's, but I think that's the only 
hair
> plot connection.]
> 
> --Amanda, hoping she made sense, she writes nonfiction
> 
> 
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