MOVIE: Vanity Fair October Issue - Toothless Fang

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 25709

John wrote:

<hilarious desc. of Vanity Fair spread that makes it irresistible.  Is 
he in the pay of Conde Nast?>

>Hagrid appears to be wearing a dead animal. PETA, beware.

LOL!  I know moleskin is a kind of cloth, not a kind of fur, but 
whenever I read about Hagrid's moleskin coat I can't escape the 
thought that it really is made of rodent pelts.  Now, if I were in 
PETA, I would ask him conversationally, "how many moles did it take to 
make that coat, I wonder?"  (Answer:  about 6000.)

Nitpick:  I really really doubt the cover shot is a still from the 
movie.  Isn't it credited to Liebovitz like the rest of the spread? 

BTW, there's an interesting note on the Leaky Cauldron that Alan 
Rickman's starting a West End run of Private Lives and so is 
presumably doing his bits for CoS, which has begun filming, on his one 
day off/week (who says actors don't work hard?).  I just keep 
thinking, "Monday is Snape Day!"  

Also, as long as we're pitching magazines, this week's Entertainment 
Weekly features HP too.  I think we can expect announcements of this 
kind on a weekly basis from here on out.

To drag this thing back to canon:  

Ashley wrote:

>I always pictured Fang as more massive. He certainly doesn't look 
very frightening.

According to my dictionary boarhounds are typically (not necessarily) 
Great Danes, which are enormous but frankly, positively dopey-looking. 
 Since Hagrid names vicious hellhounds things like Fluffy, it stands 
to reason that the pet he names Fang is an old softie (reminds me of a 
hamster I once knew named Spike).  The only thing Hagrid ever says to 
indicate that Fang might actually have some ferocity in him is that 
he'd like to introduce Mrs. Norris to him sometime.  I'd bet that 
given the opportunity to eat a cat in one gulp, Fang would give her a 
sweet little nuzzle instead.  E.g.:

'Make yerselves at home,' said Hagrid, letting go of Fang, who bounded 
straight at Ron and started licking his ears.  Like Hagrid, Fang was 
clearly not as fierce as he looked.  PS/SS 8 (Would-be editor's note: 
 I would've deleted that second sentence, myself, but . . .) 

'I want Fang,' said Malfoy quickly, looking at Fang's long teeth.
'All right, but I warn yeh, he's a coward,' said Hagrid.  PS/SS 15

'Yeh can' take Dumbledore!' yelled Hagrid, making Fang the boarhound 
cower and whimper in his basket.  CoS 14

Fang yelped and tried to run, but got lodged in a tangle of thorns and 
yelped even louder.  CoS 15, when the FFA shows up--aren't dogs 
supposed to chase cars, not the other way around?

etc.

Amy Z

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