Krum's Intellect

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 164833

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Rick & LeAnn Kelley" 
<rkelley at ...> wrote:

> Harry's first impression of Krum was that he was apelike, with arms 
> too long, and walking duckfooted.

zanooda: 

The "duckfooted" part is correct, but "apelike" - no! JKR stresses 
Krum's resemblance to a bird, not an ape. Maybe she thinks that 
someone who flies so well should look like a bird :-).

"Viktor Krum was thin, dark, and sallow-skinned, with a large curved 
nose and thick black eyebrows. He looked like an overgrown bird of 
prey" (GoF, p.105 US hardback).

Krum is also round-shouldered and, as you rightly point out, slightly 
duck-footed. Harry notices that Krum is much less coordinated on the 
ground than in the air.

As for "apelike", Marvolo Gaunt comes to mind. He has "overlong" arms 
and "the look of a powerful, aged monkey" ("The house of Gaunt"). 
Other "apelike" people - Crabbe, who has "long, gorilla arms", and 
Salazar Slytherin himself, who had a "monkeyish" face (if his statue 
is realistic, that is). Maybe one of these descriptions influenced 
the way you remember Krum's appearance :-).