#recreancyheight

Growing up, Sirius was slower to grow than most of his classmates, and he was on the shorter end of the height spectrum for years. But he has always carried himself with an air of confidence and inherently good posture that lended itself to appearing taller than he actually was. Once he did finally hit his late growth spurt, he really grew into himself.

At an underwhelming 5 feet 2 inches (157.48 cm), Pandora can often be found standing on her toes or climbing people/furniture to get something that is out of her reach. Although a witch, she is of the belief that scaling things is more fun than summoning the item.

Pandora is also prone to running then jumping into people’s arms. If asked what happens if someone isn’t prepared, her usual answer is “I’ve done it enough times to trust they won’t let me fall… That and I’ll whine if they do.”

Lucinda stands quite comfortable at 5´5″, and has ever since she was around fourteen years old. 

Growing up, she was always a pretty lanky child - all skinny legs and awkward height. When she hit her teens, she didn’t as much have a growth spurt as much as she kind of just evened out. One morning she simply woke up and realised that she’d grown into her body. No more lankiness or body-parts of mismatched length. 

Alice Longbottom is 5′9″ (or 1.75 meters), which puts her just a smidge taller than her mentor and co-worker, Alastor Moody—although since he wears taller boots than she does, it isn’t usually obvious—and two inches shorter than her husband, Frank.

Having grown-up around many taller people, and coming from a family that all share similar or greater heights, Alice doesn’t tend to think of herself as particularly tall, although she is a little above average. Regardless, she thinks herself a perfectly reasonable height: tall enough that she can reach most shelves with ease, but not so tall that she has to duck to go under doorways. If she were asked, Alice would say that the most tedious part of her height is the fact that most chairs seem to have been designed for shorter people, and those extra few inches can be annoying to deal with when one is sitting for any length of time—at least so long as one is expected to maintain proper posture in said too-short-legged chairs. Alice is thus prone to crossing or curling or propping her legs up on things rather than sitting in a properly demure and ladylike position. If they wanted her to be ladylike, they should have designed chairs that were comfortable.