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No see, the Dursleys were bad because they were physically uglyiconically British as well.
But she had plenty of "ugly" good characters and "pretty" bad ones.
Hagrid, Neville, the Weaselys, the House Elves, Mad Eye Moody, Professor Sybill - they're are all described as out-of-fashion, goofy-looking, and otherwise unattractive. The whole "Order of the Phoenix" crew are intentionally pitched as motley.
By contrast, Slytherin leadership are all unfailingly beautiful, fashionable, and charismatic. Dolores Umbridge is, similarly, focused on normalcy to the point that it becomes sinister. And there are a host of supporting characters that are played up as "normal" faceless bureaucrats who vacillate between uselessness and outright hostility.
The father-son pair are more painted as gluttons than fat. They're lazy and spoiled. Dudley eventually grows up to be a teenage soccer hooligan, trading his fat for muscle, but he's still painted as a bully and a coward.
he's described as whale-like and wider than he was tall, and the first time the narrative is ever sympathetic to him is after he gets fit in book 5 or 6 because of dementor trauma
But she had plenty of "ugly" good characters and "pretty" bad ones.
Hagrid, Neville, the Weaselys, the House Elves, Mad Eye Moody, Professor Sybill - they're are all described as out-of-fashion, goofy-looking, and otherwise unattractive. The whole "Order of the Phoenix" crew are intentionally pitched as motley.
By contrast, Slytherin leadership are all unfailingly beautiful, fashionable, and charismatic. Dolores Umbridge is, similarly, focused on normalcy to the point that it becomes sinister. And there are a host of supporting characters that are played up as "normal" faceless bureaucrats who vacillate between uselessness and outright hostility.
She does denigrate the Dursleys specifically for being fat a lot, especially Dudley
The father-son pair are more painted as gluttons than fat. They're lazy and spoiled. Dudley eventually grows up to be a teenage soccer hooligan, trading his fat for muscle, but he's still painted as a bully and a coward.
he's described as whale-like and wider than he was tall, and the first time the narrative is ever sympathetic to him is after he gets fit in book 5 or 6 because of dementor trauma
He's also described as constantly gorging himself on treats and throwing a hissy fit because he didn't get enough birthday presents.
I guess they could have described him as sleakly dressed, finely boned, and of immaculate complexion, like Bellatrix Lestrange.