Sorry, this is borne out by Harry, Ron, and the narrator. Where Harry crosses the line is the "Holidays with Hags" reference. In Rowling's understated style that's a clear emotional response of horror. If Harry were intimidated by larger females I can't see how he'd handle Aunt Marge! "Hermione, we know Millicent Bulstrode's ugly, no one's going to know it's you--" (CoS)
Besides, I don't see her ugliness as hindering her (despite JKR's best efforts, *coff**coff*). My point is that she uses her appearance just as effectively as her pretty counterparts. And she's so stubborn, some may say repetitive, that I can't see her saying "Make me beautiful!" if the right spell came along. She revels in her size and features. Majesty, yes! Moxie.
This, of course, is assuming that she's intelligent which isn't stated either way (despite JKR's best efforts). I did however characterize her that way because she always goes after Hermione -- that either means Millicent is codified as Hermione's nemesis / bogeyman but there's not much evidence beyond the lit analysis level, i.e. trying to become her and instead becoming her cat; or that Millicent sees Hermione as a target / opponent, either as a weak girl (which I personally didn't choose) or as someone with all the academic and magical muscle that Millicent envies. And now I'm going on far too long on this XD
Besides, just because JKR codifies ugliness with evil doesn't mean the rest of us have to.
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despite JKR's best efforts
Date: 2004-03-22 06:16 am (UTC)"Hermione, we know Millicent Bulstrode's ugly, no one's going to know it's you--" (CoS)
Besides, I don't see her ugliness as hindering her (despite JKR's best efforts, *coff**coff*). My point is that she uses her appearance just as effectively as her pretty counterparts. And she's so stubborn, some may say repetitive, that I can't see her saying "Make me beautiful!" if the right spell came along. She revels in her size and features. Majesty, yes! Moxie.
This, of course, is assuming that she's intelligent which isn't stated either way (despite JKR's best efforts). I did however characterize her that way because she always goes after Hermione -- that either means Millicent is codified as Hermione's nemesis / bogeyman but there's not much evidence beyond the lit analysis level, i.e. trying to become her and instead becoming her cat;
or that Millicent sees Hermione as a target / opponent, either as a weak girl (which I personally didn't choose) or as someone with all the academic and magical muscle that Millicent envies. And now I'm going on far too long on this XD
Besides, just because JKR codifies ugliness with evil doesn't mean the rest of us have to.