Was Eileen a Slytherin? (Was: The Irma/Eileen Theory & Snape's Return)

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No: HPFGUIDX 164523

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" :

>
> As for Eileen's being in Slytherin, we're on somewhat shakier
ground,
> but, again, I agree with zgirnius. In addition to the Houses tending
> to run in families, we have the (admittedly not definitive) evidence
> of Eileen's general unattractiveness. With the exception of the
Blacks
> and possibly the Malfoys, the Slytherins tend to be relatively
> unattractive, ranging from the (merely) fat Slughorn to the apelike
> Crabbe and Goyle, the pug-faced Pansy Parkinson, and the large,
> square-jawed Millicent Bulstrode. (IIRC, Marcus Flint, who may be
> related to the Bulstrodes based on the Black family tree, is
described
> as looking like he has Troll blood--not likely to be true, but
hardly
> indicative of good looks.) Eileen's description, "a skinny girl of
> around fifteen . . . simultaneously cross and sullen, with heavy
brows
> and a long, pallid face" (HBP 537) fits right in with the generally
> unattractive typical Slytherin--and sounds rather similar to her
> (Slytherin) son, who was also skinny and pallid as a teenager.
> (Nothing about a hooked nose, though.)
>

I find it very interesting the theory that Slytherins are very
unattractive.  They are being seen through the eyes of a very
critical enemy of their house.  "Ape-like" could be big and burly
like the gov of California (Arnold S.), "pug-faced" could be used to
describe Bette Davis, skinny girl with heavy brows could describe the
young Brooke Shields, and how many attractive people have strong
jaws? Barbara Hutton certainly comes to mind, and she was beautiful.
As for the "hooked nose" and "greasy hair", I've seen many attractive
people with aquiline noses and glossy black hair.
As for pallid, I think most of the students probably appear rather
sun starved.  They spend so much time in classes, and England is not
all that warm and sunny.

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