lol yeah, me too! I confused her w/ the Patil sisters and thought she was supposed to be from India. I think it's partly
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Em422 — 17 years ago(August 13, 2008 04:09 PM)
I always thought she was black too. That is just too weird that so many of us pictured her as one thing when it clearly (well at least according to a ton of people on this board) never gave a description of her.
And obviously someone's last name (unless clearly ethnic like Chang or Patil) has little to do with what they look like. I didn't picture Lavender as black just because her last name was Brown. How silly would that be? -
Aspen_LaBeouf — 17 years ago(August 14, 2008 05:37 PM)
I always thought she was black while reading the books - but I suppose it's because the first (and only other) time I ever heard the name Lavender was in the movie Mathilda, and that character was mixed.
Same here. That's part of the reason why I always pictured Lavender as being African-American. It had nothing to do with her last name, I know a Caucasian girl with the last name Brown, but I just always pictured Lavender to be African-American for some reason.
I say what I want. I do what I want. I get what I want. End of story.
Why so SERIOUS? -
byte_me_freak — 17 years ago(August 25, 2008 08:34 PM)
The books don't mention race at all. What does it matter anyway? So what if she was black in the first place? (she didn't have a big role!) What matters is whether she can ACT the part of Lavender Brown. (all soppy and "drunk on Ron") Tsk. It's like Katie Leung and her scottish accent all over again.
Anyways, seems she has some acting credentials! I'm sure she'll do a great job as Lavender Brown. -
ricky_says_hi — 17 years ago(September 10, 2008 12:40 PM)
notice that in the part where Ron and Lavender kiss for the first time JKR mentions its hard to tell whose hands are whose. if she was black Harry would be able to tell which hands were hers
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DaniDestiny83 — 17 years ago(September 11, 2008 10:42 AM)
I totally missed that line too i guess just like a lot of ppl bc throughout the entire book i also thought she was blackvery creative writing to have many ppl thinking the same thinginteresting
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silver_randomocity — 17 years ago(October 20, 2008 06:41 AM)
It should also be noted that JK Rowling is very well known for noting when a person is of a different race: Dean Thomas, Angelina Johnson, Parvati and Padma Patil, Lee Jordan, etc. If Lavender was African (African-British?) then JK probably would've mentioned it. And as much as it is probably a bit of an exaggeration, if JK had Lavender as African-whatever, then the line about Harry not being able to tell whose was whose (or whatever it was) would have been omitted.
funniest post here: http://www.imdb.com/board/10279204/board/nest/84089134
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NamesByNicole — 17 years ago(November 10, 2008 09:14 PM)
"I could of auditioned if she wasn't." Speaking of following something, follow the English languageit should be could have not could of. Doubtful that you'd have passed muster, if that's any indication of your language skills.
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dwmyers_99 — 17 years ago(November 25, 2008 01:44 PM)
No I have no idea why so many people think that Lavender is supposed to be black. If you remember in Half Blood Prince, at one point when Ron and Lavender are making out (I'm sorry, I think "snogging" is too ridiculous to say), it says something like "they were wrapped so tightly around each other that you couldn't tell whose hands belonged to who" if Lavender was black then it would be pretty easy to tell which hands belonged to which person.
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jamination — 16 years ago(July 12, 2009 11:06 PM)
I always imagined her black, but I think that may be because of Matilda
http://www.imdb.com/board/10117008/
Matilda's friend was a girl named Lavender (and I guess her name is actually Lavender Brown in the book), and she was played by a black girl.
I guess I imagined the Harry Potter Lavender Brown as an older Matilda Lavender Brown.
Shame they didn't keep the girl formerly cast as Lavender -
gemlooc1 — 16 years ago(July 24, 2009 04:30 PM)
I'm fairly certain that everyone thinks she's black because she was played by a black actress in Prisoner of Azkaban (Jennifer Smith). I'm not sure about you, but despite her non-speaking role, after reading the book and then watching the movie it was pretty obvious that she was Lavender.