[HPforGrownups] Re: Plump Wizards and Witches (WASFood&Drink, Topic Summary and Questions)

[Kanna Ophelia]

No: HPFGUIDX 28090

Original message from: "Cindy C." <cynthiaanncoe at home.com>

>Madame Maxime is another 
>candidate ("big boned" is a euphamism in the U.S. for "overweight").

Yes, but it can also just mean large framed - tall and wide - without
any connotation of fat.

Being a Pratchett fan, I tend to think of all wizards as the size of
houses by default - maybe Hogwarts menus set their tastes young. It's
the combination of fat *with* carbohydrates that scares me...

>I guess this means either (1) there isn't a spell or potion for 
>weight loss (or perhaps Molly can't afford it), or (2) being plump in
>the wizarding world carries no stigma.  But then again, Draco did 
>remark on Molly's size specifically to insult Ron, so there must be 
>some stigma.

Exactly... And "dumpy," which the Dursleys of all people uses to
describe her, is hardly a compliment, implying, I think, weight
combined with lack of height.

But there's a third alternative, which is that overweight carries
stigma to idiots who have already displayed a range of other
prejudices <g>, and that Molly is nevertheless healthy and happy with
her fuller figure.  Not finding the Gwyneth Paltrow/Victoria Beckham
gaunt look particularly appealing, myself, I've think Molly would be
distinctly appealing, especially in her younger days - a small curvy
redhead. Lovely.

(Of course, one of the perils of romantic fanfic is that I tend to
fall in love with characters along with my pov character...)

For all that, I bet I'd use a weight loss potion on myself in a flash.
<sigh>



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