[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape, Hagrid and Animals

[Sherry Gomes]

No: HPFGUIDX 143848

I said:

> The impression I get from reading the series is that the Malfoys 
are not
> only rich and well-connected, but that they are all very attractive.
> Perfect hair, well-groomed.  i've always had the sense that 
Narcissa is
> beautiful, and Draco is probably a very handsome boy.  Lucius too.  
And
> Lucius is most definitely a death eater who purposely put that 
diary in
> Ginny's books.  Not very nice.


Leslie answered:
Well, that seems more like an opinion formed by the movies than the 
books.  Draco is not an attractive kid.  He's pale and he has a 
pointy face.  He's a bit ferret-y.  His father is the same.
> 

I respond:

Well, actually, no, not on my part.  i usually begin my rebuttal to the ugly
means bad threads by stating that I am totally blind, but I didn't this
time.  Just forgot.  anyway, I am totally blind and have been since I was
five.  i have been to the movies, but I have never *seen* them or the
actors.  So, all my impressions of the visual aspects of characters and
whether or not they are presented as attractive come strictly from reading
the books.  So, my impression of the Malfoy family being attractive comes
from the books.  i can't even explain why, because of course, from Harry's
POV, Malfoy isn't attractive or really unattractive.  

And yes, I was a child and read books with characters who were ugly on the
outside and ended up being good or who were attractive and ended up being
bad.  in fact, it's a pretty common theme in much of literature, both kids
and adult.  So, yes, I believe JKR has made the point very well, that
Voldemort began life as very handsome and attractive, and i believe kids
will remember it.

Sherry