Harry good looking? Re:School politics at Hogwarts (Re: How do the books affect children? )

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 179658

Bruce:
> I think that anyone who says that is influenced by the movies.  Dan 
R. was,
> admittedly, a cute kid, and has grown up to be a rather handsome 
young man.  But
> Harry is described as scrawny and pale, with having hair that won't 
stay in
> place no matter how much he combs and brushes it, with clothing 
that doesn't
> quite fit, and a scar; he's physically awkward (except on a 
broomstick).  Also,
> notice how almost every time we see a boy or young man from Harry's 
POV if he is
> at all handsome, he is stated to be so; IMHO, this is because Harry 
is aware
> that he ISN'T a Cute Boy by any means.

Magpie:
I am not influenced by the movies, as I've hardly seen any of them, 
and I'm not thinking of Dan Radcliffe, whom I don't find attractive, 
fwiw. Yes, I think that canonically Harry's a cute boy. He's not 
Sirius or Tom or Cedric who are supposed to be pretty boys, but yes, 
I think he's conventionally attractive.

If Harry is actually supposed to have a problem in the looks 
department--which I don't think he is, since being scrawny and pale 
at 11 is not the last word on Harry at 17, he's chased all over the 
place. He's living the life of an attractive person--and I think he 
is objectively one and not funny looking at all. 

-m