Fate of HANDSOME guys in the Harry Potter series

[ghinghapuss]

No: HPFGUIDX 84400

>  Mandy wrote:
>  JKR, in her last interview at the Royal Albert Hall, said we are 
>  all getting far too fond of Draco, and I'm convinced it's because 
> of  the movies, as in the books he is still this weak little 
twerp.   <Snip>
>  So, to follow the books alone Draco should only now becoming 
>  attractive to us, but I confess he's been an attraction 
>  since just after GoF, when the first movie came out.

> > Erin:
> > There are fanfics from *way* before the movies that depict Draco 
as attractive.

> Annalisa:
> Too true snip And there's just something so funny about Draco. 
> <Snip>  I'd like to see him get a kick in the ass 
> but at the same time I'm fond of him because he's so well-written 
in these scenes. He's very evocative of a lot of the petty boys I 
knew in high school. He acts like a rottenlittle teenager, and I just 
enjoy reading that.

> Erin again:
<Big snip>
> I can trace my Snape-crush, snip from July of 2000, while reading 
GoF,Alan Rickman has nothing to do with it.

> Annalisa again:
> I've had a major crush on Snape since reading PoA, which I did 
right after GoF came out. <snip> The revelation of his Death Eater 
past and his position of spy made him irresistable in GoF.


Mandy again: 
Well, I certainly can't deny I was a little bit attracted to Snape 
and both Malfoys characters before the movies, but not so much the 
men themselves but the films certainly changed that and turned up the 
handsome, powerful male more than a few notches for me. 

But back to the books and JKR vision.  I get the sense that all the 
*evil* or *bad* characters are handsome and attractive. Where as the 
*good* guys (and girls) are all plain looking and social misfits.  
The ones we have met seem to follow this rule anyway.

Certainly all members of the Black family that we have met are 
described has having great beauty once, as in Sirius and Bellatrix's 
cases and Narcissa I believe was described as could have been quite 
good looking if she didn't look as if she had a nasty smell under her 
nose.  (Sorry I don't have the book with me)

I concede the Malfoys are good looking. (You are absolutely right 
about beautiful Orlando Bloom and his blond, and pale pointy face, 
Erin). 

Tom Riddle was described as a good-looking boy by Dumbledore.  

I can't imagine Bellatrix marring anything but a gorgeous Alpha male 
so I expect the Lestranges are good looking as well. 

Pansy Parkinson is only described as ugly by the girls not in 
Slytherin, just as she, in turn, describes Hermione as ugly and we 
know Hermione is not ugly. So I imagine Pansy to be very pretty.  
Besides I can't imagine Draco being seen with any girl who was not 
considered a 'catch'. 

Crabbe and Goyle are the only exception to the rule so far, that I 
can see.
 
I imagine Voldemort's team being populated with these tall, gorgeous, 
superficially beautiful people with black hearts of coal and 
Dumbledore's side with short, plain looking good people.  Do we 
really hate beautiful people that much?  Do we all secretly long to 
be included with them?  It's what makes the dark side so appealing 
and dangerous a threat I suppose. Personally my superficial self is 
itching to join the Death Eaters.

Mandy