Pansy - Strong women

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:

> Suzanne wrote:
> 
> >He is physically attractive, appears to have had no trouble finding 
> a pretty girlfriend
> 
> Rita describes her as pretty; the narration describes her as 
> resembling a pug! We know Harry's POV is biased, but I still think 
> the latter is more accurate.  Rita calls her pretty to give her more 
> credibility in her Hermione-bashing.
> 

I did not interpret "pug" as necessarily unattractive.

"Pug" brought up for me an image of someone with a small face with 
maybe an interestingly shaped jaw. I know at least three women who 
have that "pug" look and all of them are attractive in an interesting, 
striking kind of way. 

In her demeanor, Pansy strikes me as someone who is used to be the 
center of her circle. Rowling describes her as always being with a 
crowd of Slytherins. She is a very confident but very mean girl who is 
attractive, popular, and well-to-do-- and mercilessly nasty to those 
who are not. I had the impression that Draco pretty much got to have 
his pick of the Slytherin girls, and that Pansy was it.

--Suzanne