[HPforGrownups] Re: Acceptance

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 178574

marion11111 wrote:
>>> I can't think of any characters who are described as skinny other 
>> than Harry in the first 
>>> book.  I don't mean normal weight characters, but people described in 
>> a stereotypical way 
>>> such as "bony."
>> Potioncat:
>> hem hem,
>> As I said before....Petunia.
> 
> marion11111:
> Ah, that's true.  I'd forgotten her.  And for some reason I think of Filch as skinny, but that 
> might just be thanks to the movies.  I suppose the negative trait they both share is 
> "fussiness."  

Bart:
Look, we can take example after example out of context to show that 
there are some positive characters who happen to be heavy. But, when it 
comes down to it, the trait of being overweight is frequently bundled 
with negative personality traits, and, while there are a couple of 
positive characters who happen to be overweight, their heaviness is 
depicted as an incidental trait, not one associated with negative 
characteristics.

JKR probably says, "Some of my best friends are fat."

Bart