Long-haired characters (was: Muggleborns choosing WW)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 118326


> > Siriusly Snapey Susan, who, after viewing photos of the PoA 
> > launch party in London, wants to take some scissors to some of 
> > these young men's hair! 
 
Sandy:
> Oh, but long hair is SO canon. Think about it, everyone we really 
> like to write about here has long hair -- Snape's is described as 
> shoulder length, and Sirius and Lupin are both described as having 
> long hair. I don't think JKR actually calls James'"long" but since 
> he likes it to look windblown, it's not a crewcut for sure. And DD 
> and Bill Weasley are on the superlong bandwagon. (I think JKR is 
> just giving a nod to her/my generation with the long hair on cool 
> guys thing).


SSSusan:
Hee hee.  A couple of you have commented onlist about my P.S., and 
since you managed to do so by bringing up canon, Sandy, I feel I can 
respond openly. :-)  

Yes, absolutely, there is long hair in canon.  Bill, Snape & Sirius 
definitely have long hair in canon.  (Is Lupin described as having 
long hair?  I can't recall for sure.) However, "Bill," "Snape" 
& "Sirius" weren't at the PoA DVD launch party and "Lupin's" hair was 
cut short; my reaction was to the younger characters.

For the record, I really *like* long hair on some men--in fact, I 
think "Fred" & "George" [see how I'm making this canon-based? <g>] 
looked really good.  But "Ron's" hair when he's away from filming 
just hangs in his eyes, "Harry's" and "Neville's" looked just unkempt 
to me, and, "Percy's" was just...well, too much!  (Though now that I 
keep looking...maybe it's the scruffy facial hair and not the massive 
curls?)  

Hmmm.  Can we imagine prim, prissy Percy w/ long curly auburn locks 
in canon?  Anybody have thoughts?

Really, really, all--I'm not a total old fuddy-duddy!  I like long 
hair but I like to see eyes, too, and I like to see a hairstyle that 
suits the wearer.

Siriusly Snapey Susan, hoping not to have aroused the wrath of the 
list elves w/ this tangentially-canon-related post.