Pansy /Lover boy Draco

[Kimberly]

No: HPFGUIDX 15018

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cassandraclaire at m... wrote:
> --- 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 
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> > 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.
> 
By the same token, if Draco *is* particularly attractive, we're 
certainly not going to hear about it from Harry (can you imagine?:D)!  
I still haven't read any HP fanfic, but there's no way I could avoid 
hearing all about hottie leather-clad Draco and still participated in 
the list, so even I've got some image of fanon Draco, but I imagined 
him to be considered attractive by his peers from first reading.  

I think he *does* more or less have his pick of Slytherin girls of his 
year, even if he's not a Brad Pitt.  I mean who else would they go 
for?  Maybe Blase Zabini's a babe, but we've never heard about it, and 
usually when Draco's around, Pansy and her 'gang of Slytherin girls' 
are not far behind, and we know they at least enjoy his sense of 
humor.

kimberly
convinced that Draco doesn't get by on his sparkling personality 
alone.