#he's 6'1 but has the energy of a 5'2 little gremlin

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pavel is such a fun character to develop i fucking swear

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HPHM: Character Height Headcanons

I promised, didn’t I? Let’s get started: 

Rowan - 5'6

Everything about Rowan, at least regarding physical appearance, has always struck me as being more in the middle. Since they can be male or female, I’ve always seen them as trans, androgynous, and middle-of-the-road in terms of height.

Ben - 6'0

I feel like Ben was much shorter in his early days at Hogwarts, only to shoot up and have a growth spurt in between the summers of fourth and fifth year. He’d be awkwardly tall in Year Five, only to start owning it in Year Six. 

Penny - 5'8

Penny is a tall gal, I just find it hard to believe that she’s short. I mean, she’s supposed to conventionally pretty, and models are normally taller. Plus, I think it may just be a Haywood gene. Speaking of...

Beatrice - 5'6

We’ve discussed this on my blog at length, but all in-game evidence points to Beatrice being taller than one might expect, especially since she’s younger than the main cast. Like I said, it’s probably a Haywood thing. 

Merula - 5'2

Sorry but you can’t tell me that Merula doesn’t have peak short-girl energy. All the memes about shorter people being angry that they’re not tall, and taller people making fun of them for it...yeah, if that doesn’t suit Merula I don’t know what does. 

Bill - 6'2

Isn’t it canon? I think it’s canon that Bill is tall. The Weasley children seemed to inherit either Arthur’s build, or Molly’s - and I believe Bill was stated to take after his father more. Plus, he’s older than the main cast, so there’s that. 

Charlie - 5′7

And on the other hand, Charlie was said to take after his mother’s shorter, stockier build. So I kept him on the shorter side, but I also like to imagine that he’s close to Penny’s height. I mean, with the end of Year Five, those two characters appear to be mirroring each other, at least a little. 

Tulip - 5'5

Tulip’s a middle-of-the-road sorta gal. I just feel like she’s taller than Merula, but shorter than Penny. Could just be that I see them as the HPHM Weasley twins, but I also think Tulip would be close to the same height as Tonks. 

Tonks - 5′4

On a regular basis, at least. Coming up with height head-canons for a character who can change her appearance at will is pretty much pointless, but she does seem to have a consistent look that she goes with. 

Barnaby - 6'1

Barnaby is a tall guy. Barnaby is a buff guy. You just know that, despite being conventionally handsome in just about every way, he has no idea that he is or what that means. Ismelda’s attention goes right over his head. 

Ismelda - 5'7

I think Ismelda is sort of toward the middle, but not quite. It would just be fitting if she was too tall to have Merula’s look, but not quite tall enough to have Penny’s, if that makes sense? I feel like she’d be self-conscious and angry about her appearance and height. 

Andre - 5'5

Andre just really strikes me as having short-guy energy, and I’m not sure why. I guess whenever I picture him examining outfits on MC, I always pictured him being at least a head shorter than them. 

Rakepick - 6′0

Have you seen her? That woman towers over everyone. If she stood on tip toes, she could even intimidate Hagrid.

Talbott - 5′10 

Closer to being tall, but you would never be able to tell. Not with how hunched over he probably is all the time, though unlike Ismelda (who I think would do the same thing) I think he’s just trying to avoid eye contact and people in general. 

Jae - 5'3

The only bloke out there shorter than Andre. I’m sorry, but you cannot convince me that this wonderful hoodie-wearing gremlin is tall. You cannot do it. He’s a short dude and I love him for it. Which brings us to...

Chiara - 5′3 

They are the same height! I am convinced of this and convinced that they are an adorably tiny couple. I can’t picture Chiara as tall either. This is the hill I will die on, and Jae is showing Chiara how to roller-blade down said hill. 

Badeea - 5'8

Now, Badeea on the other hand, I always pictured being taller, about Penny’s height. I’m not sure why, but there’s just something very graceful and imposing (in a good way) about her. I mean, who else in this story, or even the Potterverse, has her skill-set?

Liz - 5'4

While I never pictured Liz being that short, I can’t help but feel like it would be appropriate. Because around other people, she’s often seen as weird or lesser-than, but with creatures, she’s so much more - which would be very on the nose if she was closer to their size? I don’t know if I’m making sense. 

Diego - 5'11

Diego is tall and he knows it, and he loves it. I think this would affect his posture and mood, and how he leads in conversations. Not to mention how it would affect his epic dance moves. 

Skye - 5'1

When it comes to Tom and Jerry, Skye is Jerry.

Erika - 6′3

When it comes to Tom and Jerry, Erika is Tom. 

Murphy - 5'11

Obviously we’ll never get a proper sense of how tall Murphy really is, but even when he’s always sitting down, he just seems like a young man of great height. Anyone else see it? 

Orion - 6'0

It’s an unspoken law that all big brother figures must tower over everyone else. I don’t make the rules. Orion is pretty clearly meant to be tall anyhow. 

Bonus - the Fawley kids: 

Luca - 5′8 

Luca, like Rowan, is pretty androgynous. 

Gail - 5′5

But she has such good posture that one often might think she’s taller. 

Jacob - 5′9

But he has such bad posture that one often might think he’s shorter.