Harry good-looking?

Pippin 1kf.lists at earthlink.net
Sat Dec 8 01:16:44 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 179692

What I remember most throughout the series, with regard to Harry's 
appearance, is that several people said Harry looked very much like 
his father, James, except that Harry had Lily's eyes.

"Harry stopped in front of the desk and gazed down at his fifteen-
year-old father.
"Excitement exploded in the pit of his stomach: It was as tough he 
was looking at himself but with deliberate mistakes. James's eyes 
were hazel, his nose was slightly longer than Harry's, and there was 
no scar on his forehead, but they had the same thin face, same mouth, 
same eyebrows. James's hair stuck up at the back exactly as Harry's 
did, his hands could have been Harry's, and Harry could tell that 
when James stood up, they would be within an inch of each other's 
heights."

"It was one of the girls from the lake edge. She had thick, dark red 
hair that fell to her shoulders and startlingly green almond-shaped 
eyes--Harry's eyes."

(OotP Snape's Worst Memory)

I have the impression that Harry becomes as good-looking as his 
parents, but that it doesn't come across in canon because the remarks 
come from Harry's own point of view. His social comfort and 
appearance were severely marked by the Dursleys, and it took years at 
Hogwarts for Harry to develop any self-esteem about potential 
attractiveness to women.

And, though it's not from canon, there is this quote attributed to 
JKR at http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-bostonglobe-
loer.html --

Do you know what Harry's parents look like?

"Yes. I've even drawn a picture of how they look. Harry has his 
father and mother's good looks. But he has his mother's eyes and 
that's very important in a future book."

Pippin Fowler





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