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When comparing books and their movie adaptations, books almost always prove to be better. One of the reasons is that a film does not always manage to convey the same imagery as a book in which emotions are blended with visuals. When reading, one can form a completely different image of a place or a character and have entirely another general feeling of a story. 

When creating a film adaptation, the cast is usually chosen according to the characteristics described in a book. However, the looks are not always so precise. With that in mind, one Vietnamese woman (to her followers known as MsBananaAnna) decided to use artificial intelligence to see what Harry Potter characters would look like based on book descriptions.

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Bored Panda got in touch with the author of this idea to learn more about her and this project. The woman revealed that she's a 28-year-old "nerd" living in Melbourne. She has been a huge "Potterhead" since grade school. "I basically grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermoine and remember waiting in line at midnight for the release of each book."

"I came up with the idea to recreate the characters when I tried to find some fanworks of Hermione. I watched the movies and though I like Emma Watson, I always thought she was too gorgeous to be Hermione. I couldn't find any renditions of her that I thought were accurate so I ended up making her myself. People seemed to enjoy it so much that I decided to make more characters."

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While some characters look similar to the ones one sees in the movies, others look nothing like them. For MsBananaAnna, Sirius was the one she personally liked the most. "I thought that was plucked straight from my head. Artbreeder can be pretty limiting in what you can do and can be a bit twiddly so not all of the characters came out as I wanted, but I thought Sirius came out as I imagined him! Dark and regally handsome."

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Cody
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sure they give her realistic looking green eyes, while giving Harry those florescent orbs.

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The recreations of Harry Potter characters got a lot of attention on Reddit (here and here) where MsBananaAnna (or, as she calls herself on Reddit, lettuceown) posted them.

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Rabbit Carrot
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her name though. 🤦‍♀️ When every other girl has a nice / interesting / exotic name the only Asian girl has the worst most stereotypical name going.

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Jayne Kyra
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still upset there was not more of him. He works with dragons! Dragons!! He looks handsome in this recreation, too.

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Zero
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kinda looks like an adult Tom Felton. Which makes sense of course.

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Eunice Probert
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But her parents are dentists, so wouldn't her teeth have been fixed?

Vicky Zar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They wanted her to carry on with braces but she let Madame Pomphrey fix them with magic after an accident.

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Gur Lempel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get the casting of Emma Watson when she was young, but she grew out of the look...

Nikki
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would think With it being such a big crazy popular movie a main character actress/actor switch would not have sat well one bit once Emma didn't fit the books description.. when they had to recast for Dumbledore it drove me crazy for the rest of them all

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Nick Lasley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For the people saying her teeth aren't big enough, if they were bigger she'd look like a caricature.

Upstaged75
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Has Hermione never brushed her teeth? Her parents are dentists! And she's too young to have them so yellow. Unless she's an 11 year old with a serious coffee habit.

Vicky Zar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Normal people actually have this color teeth. It is unnatural and actually bad for your teeth to beach them until they are white like bone.

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_ D a w n
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks like Peter Pettigrews daughter here????? Wheres the justice

Lady of the Mountains
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always thought the movies got less and less accurate when it came to Hermione....they completly abandoned the bushy hair after about the third movie.....

Camille
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly lot of you are complaining about her teeth but having a "rabbit's teeth" isn't something that can be easily fixed and some people really do have naturally more yellow teeth than others, so I don't think her teeth are that weird

Lynda Mendez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dont think she was meant to look like an ugly humanoid troll though ..she was described as somewhat nerdy with shaggy hair, thats all.. As the stories progressed she actually was described to have grown into herself quite beautfilly, prompting Ron to like her.. I think this is probably the worst rendition of your characters.. But I do think some other portrayels of some characters are pretty accurate..

Arne Timmer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, some say she is actually black. When it comes to skincolor...

Elora Danan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only morons who think it's okay to blackwash characters (but a cardinal sin to whitewash! Neither is okay -- leave established characters the way they were established) do. JK Rowling literally pointed out any time a character wasn't white (Dean Thomas, Lee Jordan, Angelina Johnson, etc.), but she never once said Hermione was black.

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Fabio Paolo Barbieri
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perfect. That is what an eleven-year-old bookworm with mad hair would look like.

Chantal Guyatt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This would be mostly accurate if her teeth didn't look nicotine stained

Z Kalnina
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her parents were dentists. No way she'd have yellow teeth

Teddybear
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those teeth are normally colored I have those colored teeth and mine aren’t unhealthy.

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Agent 8433599
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fact: Emma Watson was going to wear fake buckteeth but she couldn't talk with them on

Sarah Lewis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

JEsus. I feel like she’s exactly the kind of person I would have been friends with in elementary school, but at the same time I’m kind of horrified.

Giuditta Jones
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does everyone assumed to be white? I always thought Hermione black/brown, because of her big curly hair

Dan Mihalache
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now a cute ugly - in old age just ugly. Her eyebrows are like tall grass and as wide as her eyes! At the right age, they will far outstrip those of... Lily Collins.

Zach Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not much difference from Emma Watson's role, though the depicted hair definitely fits the "Wavy" description.

Headless chicken
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was reading these, I read the title and then looked at the photos, and when I saw this one I went “Hermione Grang-oooooh god

Data Two
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've not seen eyebrows like that since Brooke Shields was a teenager.

David Moody
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

👎🏼 In this case having Emma Watson play the part was better.

David Philbeck
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Photoshopped characters..this one takes the cake..she looks a bit whacked out on her knowledge.. stop raising your hand Hermione..you only Tick off professor Snape..and trim those eye brows while you're at it..

perfect pikachu
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

her eyelashes are too thick. and her skin is too perfect. but shes perfect. but like, LOOK AT THOSE EYELASHES!! like, damn... i want her eyelashes... shes making me jealous

Sherri Slater
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't she at some point I think for the Ball use the hair stuff Harry's father invented

Chris Helms
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Jaysus Murphy Brown! The poster child for the face of a British person

הגר שוהם
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She didn't have time to brush her teeth with all that studying I guess...

Anime fan 2012
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Irony is that both her parents are Dentists but those are really bad teeth

Ashlyn Kearney
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

she was not able to wear the big teeth as an actor because they messed up her speech.

Lily Possum
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not bad!! Seeing these recreations, it makes me appreciate the casting for HP all that much more. They we're all very close to the book's description of them. 👍

Shanaya Sharma
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please, the previous Hermione is better!!! SHE LITERALLY HAS HER TEETH FALLING OUT!!!!!

Caroline Gavin
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In this rendition, Hermione actually looks like wiser version of the average schoolgirl her age, which would be accurate.

Damiana De'Mon Rhoades
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok this makes me really glad she didn't look like her description. Already not a fan of HP (though FB is another story. Pun intended). Don't think I could have gotten past this face long enough to watch it. Lol

Sophia B.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All it said was her front teeth were bigger than the back, like bunny teeth. Not mismatched and all short weird ground-down like... also her hair isnt frizzy enough. Honestly, Emma watson in the 1 and 2 movies is a great portrayal of Hermione, with a slightly prettier face but Hermione wasnt meant to be ugly, just average but also unkempt because she focuses on school...

JESSICA BARRAGAN
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imposible que tenga dientes amarillos. Sus padres eran dentistas. 🤗🤭🤭

JESSICA BARRAGAN
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imposible que tenga dientes amarillos, sus padres eran dentistas🤗

Aunt Messy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are no descriptions of Hermione in the books beyond "fluffy brown hair". She was played by a Black actress in the play - and that is probably MORE accurate than this.

Jules Capozzi
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Heroine’s parents were dentists and they remarked over and over how large her teeth are. Hermione used some of her first magic to correct them. She would have gorgeous teeth- I dont know what this artist was reading.

Kitty Cat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why does she look so weird? I know the book says bushy hair and big front teeth but I thinks this has gone to far

Nina Nilson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wasn't Hermione's Dad a dentist? She'd never have yellow teeth

Valerie Witter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry on this one but you are way off. She looks like a pixie or something. She wasn’t supposed to be so cute. The one in the movie was cute too but when she opened her mouth I said that’s Hermione. She’s perfect.

Lily
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had to look her up, but there's an actress she looks quite like, saw her again the other day in a Midsomer Murders episode from 2011 - Gwyneth Keyworth.

Hannah Evans
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like the teeth before she had them fixed. Hair could be a little bushier but this us a good one

sugardog3482
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don’t think her teeth would have been yellow, her parents are dentists after all.

Crystal Henry
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2 years ago

That's the point. She wasn't supposed to look that good according to the books. She was supposed to be nerdier and less attractive per the book description.

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Origami84
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bushy eyebrows, bucktoothed, wild hair.... this is more believable.

Susan Kolman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always thought the character of Hermione totally went against the book's description!

Vishal Naidu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm thankful there is no woke-b******t about Hermoine being a Black girl...

Juisi Juis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"They were there, both of them, sitting outside Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor—Ron looking incredibly freckly, Hermione very brown, both waving frantically at him." That’s a quote from the author. Right out of her book. 🤣🤣

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humanism
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Emma watson really set the standard for Hermione didn't she?? 🤔

Sasy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

she looks like Saoirse Monica Jackson from Derry Girls

GadgetGirl
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The eyebrows are weird. I get that they were going for too heavy eyebrows, but something isn't right with it. Also thought her hair was supposed to be a lot more untamable. This just looks curly unkempt. And what's with the 'recently dead' skin tone?

Zero
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The teeth don't look right. The books made a big deal about her having overlarge buckteeth... until Madam Pomfrey shrunk them and she "let her carry on a bit" that is.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hermione was supposed to be black. This just looks like a warped version of Emma Watson. In fact, a lot of these just look like distorted versions of the actors who played them. Not very imaginative

Oblong Circles
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because 1. the majority of successful A and B list American actors are usually attractive anyway (blame Hollywood) and 2. Because real people, like you and me, don't have make-up crews to powder out every pore, zit, scar and mole for 2 hours before getting in front of the camera. Look around you. Most people are average with a few good traits and a few that are not generally considered as good (again, by Hollywood standards). That is all just a construct anyway and totally superficial. Is it more important to you that your favorite characters are hot or that they have depth? You decide what matters to you. For me, I'll take a layered character over a shiny one any day of the week. Which is ironic for book fans to even care about anyway since you create those characters in your minds eye first anyway based on the author's description. The big screen character will always never be what you pictured in that big beautiful brain of your anyway, innit?

GPZ
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Emma Watson pretty much nails this look, especially in the first few movies

Kim Pacheco
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Think she is cute not perfect. Emma Watson was way too pretty for the role. All they did was miss up her hair a bit and she was suppose to look plain. Come on really

Kim Pacheco
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She is cute. Emma Watson was too pretty for the part described in the books

Trisha Howson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like bella and Edward child off of twilight off of twilight when she older

venus cardinale
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why her teeth look so yellow? 🤢 I can’t believe she didn’t knew a spell for whitening 😬

venus cardinale
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why her teeth looks so yellow? I can’t believe she didn’t knew a spell to whitening her teeth 😡

Weeblet
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She had buck teeth in the books until she was hit with a tooth lengthening spell. She let Madam Pomphrey shrink her teeth until they were ""normal"" sized. She couldn't cast a spell before because her parents wanted her to get braces (they're muggle dentists).

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apparently she is actually black according to J.K. Rowling. They also tried to make he have buck teeth in the movie but she could not act in them.

Sofie Carmine
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's not black. In prisoner of azkaban there's a time when harry says Hermione's face turned white from fear. I dont think that's possible if you have dark skin(i have dark skin). Rowling is just trying to be inclusive

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Stephen Lyford
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do her teeth look like that, when her parents are dentists? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Hair isn’t bushy enough and the teeth aren’t nearly big enough.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one really reminds me of an actor or actress. I can't really name it? It's like a mixture of famous people I know but I can't tell them apart. SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I forgot that Petunia was blonde. Odd that they wouldn't just make her wear a wig for her scenes.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why did the AI make wall-eyed? Was that described in the book? Book 6 isn't my fave so I've not read it enough to remember.((people have already pointed out the description that I wasn't recalling. Kinda don't need multiple comments restating the same thing))

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Gautam Balachandran
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Longer hair. Earring with a fang. More cool, less dorky. Probably got confused with Percy.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, sorry, but even before seeing Maggie Smith in that role she was the spitting image for my personal McGonagall.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Forgive me, but she reminds me of an angry pig for reasons I cannot explain.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously where are everyones cheeks?! No one is fed in the books apparently. Chiseled jawlines and sunken cheeks.

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