She doesn't look plump to me...at least she has a perfect hourglass. When her torso is shaped like a barrel, then she's "plump" in my own eyes. But you are right about one thing: most teen Disney princesses are built just like beauitful, slim, sparkly elves.
And it would have been so lovely to be young for a much longer time than we have now.
Khran is an ELF?! Wow!!! That certainly kills all stereotypes of a sweet, dainty little elf (ever read Elfquest, BTW?) And he is certainly very, very virile even with all those disgusting earthworm-like blood vessels wriggling under his flesh!
Yes, I could tell that your Snape/Tonks love story was swiftly killed off when the canon Snape thoughtlessly slammed the Hogwart's gates into the poor Tonks' face. (Personally, I think Remus Lupin is pretty boring and would probably make Tonks a boring husband, heh.
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And it would have been so lovely to be young for a much longer time than we have now.Khran is an ELF?! Wow!!! That certainly kills all stereotypes of a sweet, dainty little elf (ever read Elfquest, BTW?) And he is certainly very, very virile even with all those disgusting earthworm-like blood vessels wriggling under his flesh!
Yes, I could tell that your Snape/Tonks love story was swiftly killed off when the canon Snape thoughtlessly slammed the Hogwart's gates into the poor Tonks' face. (Personally, I think Remus Lupin is pretty boring and would probably make Tonks a boring husband, heh.
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Is 'roundish' a better word? She's certainly more fleshy than I am (I'm not underweight, I just exercise a lot and look much more sinewy), or any Disney princess for that matter.
Whilst being indeed parody of the stereotypes, one of the original ideas for these elves derives itself from the Finnish mythology, where elves can take many a shape from beautiful forest elves (metsänhaltijat) to something much more mischievous, unpleasant-looking, and hairy (f. ex. hiisi). Or they may work as small hidden guardians of the house (kotitonttu, 'house-elf') and other property. This is indeed where the whole house-elf concept in Potter derives itself from; Rowling must've read Finnish folklore somewhere.
While Khran and his kin are ugly, they retain many of the 'standard' elvish features. They live for tens of thousands of years, wield magic, etc.
Haven't read Elfquest, though. American comics are a bit hard to come by here.
Yup, Snape is zillions of times more interesting a character to be paired with Tonks than Lupin.
Oh well.
Whilst being indeed parody of the stereotypes, one of the original ideas for these elves derives itself from the Finnish mythology, where elves can take many a shape from beautiful forest elves (metsänhaltijat) to something much more mischievous, unpleasant-looking, and hairy (f. ex. hiisi). Or they may work as small hidden guardians of the house (kotitonttu, 'house-elf') and other property. This is indeed where the whole house-elf concept in Potter derives itself from; Rowling must've read Finnish folklore somewhere.
While Khran and his kin are ugly, they retain many of the 'standard' elvish features. They live for tens of thousands of years, wield magic, etc.
Haven't read Elfquest, though. American comics are a bit hard to come by here.
Yup, Snape is zillions of times more interesting a character to be paired with Tonks than Lupin.
Oh well.