Austen Parallels; Snape (yes, Snape); James; Lily; and oh ....some shipping here & there (of course!)

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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pennylin" <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> A question that occurs to me about Ginny's physical appearance: 
> her facial expressions remind Harry forcefully of Fred/George at 
> one point in OoP and we know that she is "small" (short?  
> slender?  both?).  We know that Arthur, Bill, Percy and Ron are 
> tall and thin; whereas Molly, Charlie and the Twins are shorter 
> and stockier.  So, did Ginny manage to get the shorter but not the 
> stockier build?  Any thoughts?

I'm guessing that when the twins called her small that they were 
referring to an overall petite build.  I doubt that she's stocky as 
she would have been an unlikely candidate to take Harry's place as 
Seeker in that case.  Cho is also remarkably small.  (When Harry was 
in third year and she was in fourth she is described as a head 
shorter than him!  And he was a 'midget' a year later when HE was in 
fourth year!)  In fact, it's rather surprising that we hear of so 
many male Seekers and relatively few female Seekers; the girls would 
seem to be less likely to get heavy as they approach their seventh 
year, whereas the boys would be likely to bulk up a bit by then.

--Barb