Coifs and Alignment

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 82728

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Iggy McSnurd" 
> Lessee...
> 
> Notably unkempt or "frizzy" hair:  Harry, Hermione, Hagrid, Sirius,
Snapes,
> Sprout, Dumbledore, Ron, Molly Weasley, Professor Umbridge, Argus Filch,
> Firenze, Luna Lovegood, Rita Skeeter (in OotP), Madame Hooch, Bellatrix
> Lestrange (in OotP), Tonks.
> 
> Notably "tamed" hair:  Minerva McGonagall & Madame Maxime (both wore
their
> hair in tight buns most of the time), the Dursleys, Percy, Barty
Crouch Sr.,
> Cornelius Fudge, the Malfoys, Rita Skeeter (in GoF), Golderoy Lockhart,
> Bellatrix Lestrange (in GoF, and her pictures), Professor Quirrel (I
count
> wearing a turban all the time as having tamed hair... not to mention
> Voldemort would want a regular shave so he could see when the turban was
> off.  *grin*), Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington, Kingsley Shacklebolt
> (shaving your head is a great way to control your hair.  Trust me, I
do it
> myself...)
> 

I'd like to know why you consider Tonks' hair to be untidy.
Ever-changing I'll grant you. 

Hairstyles have been one of the ways tribes and subgroups distinguish
themselves ever since we climbed down from the trees. I find it rather
interesting how JKR tells about the personality of her characters by
using their hair: Untidy hair = easy-going, can't-be-bothered person,
Grey hair = wisdom, Compulsively neat hair = anal retentiveness,
conformism or vanity, and so on. 

Kingsley's shaved head is the ultimate fighter hairstyle -- consider
King David's son Absalon, who got killed when his luxuriant hair got
caught in the tree branches. (One of the reasons I dislike fanfics who
portray Sirius pre-1981 as the uber-Auror wunderkind with long
fabulous midnight/raven/sable hair (never plain black, for some
reason). Moody would probably have had a few objections, if nothing else.)

Alshain