Pansy /Lover boy Draco

[cassandraclaire at mail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 14979

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a... wrote:

> 
> Ohmigod! I'm going to disagree with cassie! sorta!> Well, Tom 
Felton is a cute little thing in the trailer, so that gives 
> some credence to it. If they wanted him to be ugly, they could've 
> given him some pointy, beaklike nose with the help of prosthetics 7 
> makeup. But they didn't. So if you want to take the movies as 
canon,   he's cute, in that 11 year old way.

And I'm going to disagree with Heidi! It's a red-letter day! *takes 
out her Kate Spade gingham handbag and whaps Heidi with it* Like Amy, 
I don't reeeallly take the movies as canon in terms of the way 
everyone looks-- they've obviously messed about a bit with character 
appearances, as per necessity. Ron in the film is shorter than Harry, 
wheras in the books he's clearly much taller. And look how much 
prettier movie-Hermione is than book-Hermione. Hollywood does tend to 
pretty people up.  

But I see your point. If JKR had envisioned Draco as completely 
horrendous, they probably would have cast a horrendous-looking kid. 
But she might simply envision him as fairly ordinary-looking. I 
wasn't really arguing for an ugly Draco (how could I?). To me the 
strongest proof that Draco isn't hideous is that if he was, Harry 
would probably have mentioned it. We see everything from his POV, and 
most of the Slytherins -- Pansy, Crabbe, Goyle, Milicent -- are 
either not described or described as unattractive. If Draco were 
ugly, I can't help thinking Harry'd be all over that. If "pale and 
pointy" is the best he can do, maybe there just isn't all that much 
bad to say about Draco's appearance. I was just arguing against 
the "spectacularly beautiful looks-good-in-leather to-die-for Draco" 
who *is* a fanon creation.

*grins at Heidi* Do I have to give back my Slytherin ring now?

Cassie