ok i was curious (and on a non-insignificant amount of medication) about whether Harry refers to Voldemort or Sirius as "handsome" more often so i decided to count how many times people/things are referred to as "handsome" in all 7 books. i didn't count things that are referred to as NOT handsome or as No Longer Handsome or Once Might Have Been Handsome, just times Harry (or someone else) refers to someone as handsome. draw what conclusions you like. I did not count "beautiful" or "gorgeous" or "good-looking" just "handsome."
Sorcerer’s Stone: 0 handsomes for people (1 for a book)
Chamber of Secrets: Fawkes: 1 (by Albus), Voldemort: 1 (by Albus) Lockhart: 1
Prisoner of Azkaban: a book: 1, Hermes the owl: 1, a staircase: 1, a Christmas tree: 1, Sirius: 2
Goblet of Fire: Cedric: 4, Madame Maxime: 2, a fire: 1, Lockhart: 1
Order of the Phoenix: a statue: 2, Hermes the Owl: 1, an armchair: 1, Sirius: 2, an egg: 1, a quill: 1
Half-Blood Prince: Hermes the owl: 1 (GET IT TOGETHER HARRY), a book: 1, Firenze: 1, a house: 1, Tom Riddle Sr: 4, Tom Riddle: 6, Ron: 1 (by Slughorn), Bill: 2 (by his mom), Madame Maxime: 1
Deathly Hallows: a house: 1, a mantlepiece: 1, a room: 1, Sirius: 3, a statue: 1, Grindelwald: 2, Voldemort: 1, a wand: 1
Final count:
Ron: 1
Firenze: 1
Staircases: 1
Rooms: 1
Fawkes: 1
Fires: 1
Christmas trees: 1
Armchairs: 1
Quills: 1
Eggs: 1
Wands: 1
Mantlepieces: 1
Houses: 2
Lockhart: 2
Bill: 2
Grindelwald: 2
Statues: 3
Hermes the Owl: 3
Madame Maxime: 3
Cedric: 4
Tom Riddle, Sr: 4
Sirius: 7
Tom Riddle, Jr./Voldemort: 8
however one of the Voldemort ones is from Albus so HARRY refers to Sirius and Voldemort as "handsome" the exact same number of times thank u for coming to my ted talk
