From Wiki: Millicent was black-haired and had a heavy, jutting jaw. She was described by Harry Potter as being "no pixie." She had a large, square build that allowed her to physically intimidate smaller people, and was bigger than Harry Potter in their second year. Ron Weasley once remarked that Millicent was "ugly," and Harry thought that she looked like a hag he'd seen pictured in Holidays with Hags. We are given no non-Gryffindor opinions of her physical beauty or lack thereof.
Now, being bigger than Harry at age 12 tells us absolutely nothing. He was small and many girls have started growing and the boys haven't. The "no pixie" can be looked at in two ways--yes, she's not a skinny girl, but as you say, just a big girl. OR it could be JKR's euphemism for actually meaning she's truly overweight. TBH, I think fandom has embraced her as the one overweight character that we know of and therefore just don't want her to be made thin. Representation for the people who aren't built like models.
As for the descriptions-she's called ugly. Surely that's up for discussion. One man's trash is another man's treasure after all. Making her a femme fatale on the other hand would seem not true to her character.
So if I was writing her, I would neither describe the rolls of belly fat NOR talk about seeing her rib cage. I likely wouldn't put her in a skin tight dress or on 5 inch heels, just because I do feel like she's a little less glamorous, between her broad build and so called "ugly" appearance.
As you know, I read a lot of Snarry and that's relevant because there are a million ways to make Severus more attractive than he was in canon but the ones that ring truest to me are the ones where Harry realizes he's not going to win any beauty contests but realizes there is more to him than greasy hair and a snarky attitude. So unless someone really likes heavy girls (which can appear to be a fetish if one isn't careful), again I don't see the point in getting too detailed. If you're writing Pansy you're not going to say she's got a face like a pug, you know?
Oh, and Hermione said Pansy was "thicker than a concussed troll" so maybe that's where you got the thick troll thing from?
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Date: 2015-03-24 12:02 am (UTC)From Wiki: Millicent was black-haired and had a heavy, jutting jaw. She was described by Harry Potter as being "no pixie." She had a large, square build that allowed her to physically intimidate smaller people, and was bigger than Harry Potter in their second year. Ron Weasley once remarked that Millicent was "ugly," and Harry thought that she looked like a hag he'd seen pictured in Holidays with Hags. We are given no non-Gryffindor opinions of her physical beauty or lack thereof.
Now, being bigger than Harry at age 12 tells us absolutely nothing. He was small and many girls have started growing and the boys haven't. The "no pixie" can be looked at in two ways--yes, she's not a skinny girl, but as you say, just a big girl. OR it could be JKR's euphemism for actually meaning she's truly overweight. TBH, I think fandom has embraced her as the one overweight character that we know of and therefore just don't want her to be made thin. Representation for the people who aren't built like models.
As for the descriptions-she's called ugly. Surely that's up for discussion. One man's trash is another man's treasure after all. Making her a femme fatale on the other hand would seem not true to her character.
So if I was writing her, I would neither describe the rolls of belly fat NOR talk about seeing her rib cage. I likely wouldn't put her in a skin tight dress or on 5 inch heels, just because I do feel like she's a little less glamorous, between her broad build and so called "ugly" appearance.
As you know, I read a lot of Snarry and that's relevant because there are a million ways to make Severus more attractive than he was in canon but the ones that ring truest to me are the ones where Harry realizes he's not going to win any beauty contests but realizes there is more to him than greasy hair and a snarky attitude. So unless someone really likes heavy girls (which can appear to be a fetish if one isn't careful), again I don't see the point in getting too detailed. If you're writing Pansy you're not going to say she's got a face like a pug, you know?
Oh, and Hermione said Pansy was "thicker than a concussed troll" so maybe that's where you got the thick troll thing from?