Millicent Bulstrode

Millicent Bulstrode is a minor character in the Harry Potter novels. A Slytherin girl, she is in the same year as Harry.
==In Canon==
Tantalisingly little is known of Millicent in canon. She's physically large & strong; Gryffindors describe her as ugly. She keeps a pet cat at Hogwarts. In common with many Slytherins, she was one of Dolores Umbridge's Inquisitorial Squad. Her parentage isn't mentioned in the novels, but in a 2001 interview J.K. Rowling showed early character notes in which she is classified as half-blood.HP Lexicon: A–C (accessed 18 February 2014) Her most memorable moment is probably in Chamber of Secrets when she fights with Hermione at the duelling club.
==Fannish Opinions==
==In Fandom==
Unlike most other Slytherins from her year, Millicent only rarely stars in fanworks and doesn't tend to get the Leather Pants makeover. Her blunt, brutally directThread started by Dragonelle in alice-and-lain: "And Millicent Bulstrode's no pixie." (accessed 18 February 2014) approach to life attracts some fans, and she has a small following among those who appreciate large &/or conventionally unattractive characters; for example, she's among the most popular characters in the HP Beholder exchange. She also gets background roles in Slytherin!Harry and Harry/Draco or Hermione/Draco stories. 
Until Rowling's notes were published, fanfiction generally assumed that, as a Slytherin, she was a pure-blood. Subsequently some authors have chosen to retain her fanon pure-blood status, while others have explored the experiences of a half-blood in Slytherin. She is usually portrayed as white, but occasional fanart gives her brown or black skin.For example, Bulstrode and Greengrass by Dollar-Chan Fanon often makes her a Quidditch player. There's no consensus on what profession she might take up as an adult, with stories featuring everything from barmaid to Auror or even healer.An example of Healer Millicent is The Accidental Malfoy by Rumaan Redeemed-Millicent, where she comes to regret her associations with fellow Slytherins, is a relatively common trope which plays on how little is known of her character & motivations from canon.
In het, she's commonly paired with Slytherin men other than Draco, particularly Blaise Zabini & Gregory Goyle; Dudley Dursley & Viktor Krum are other frequent male partners. A few stories have paired her with male Gryffindors. Femslash is relatively common, with partners including Pansy Parkinson & Hermione Granger, the latter sometimes playing off their physically antagonistic relationship in canon.
==Example Fanworks==
===Fanfiction===
*Being Millicent Bulstrode by Textualsphinx. Brief character study (2002)
*excuse me but by Silvia Kundera. Millicent/Hermione (2002)
*Cigarettes And Lakeside Conversation by Kate Bolin. Millicent & Ginny (2003)
*Fall On Your Knees by Ivy Blossom. Backstory (2003)
*Change your Taste in Men by instrumentality. Millicent/Pansy. Millicent changes her style; Pansy notices. (2004)
*Til The Morning Comes by thysan. Very dark Millicent/Pansy (2004)
*Below the Belt by anguis_1. Millicent/Dudley (2008)
*Unbreakable by vanseedee. Case fic in which Millicent runs an agency to help house elves. Millicent/Hermione Granger (2010)
*Big Girls Don't Cry by ragdoll. Millicent is enslaved for her role in the War; Millicent/Charlie Weasley (2011)
*Something Less Than Something More by femmequixotic. Millicent/Harry story with an adultery theme (2011)
===Fanart===
*Millicent Bulstrode by Makani for beccaviola. Portrait of Millicent; gen (2005)
*Millicent Bulstrode by CrystallineColey. Pencil sketch of a canon-friendly Millicent (2008)
*Love Triptych: Mature, Young, Giant by zephre. Millicent/Hermione, with a brown-skinned Millicent (2008)
*Patience is a virtue I just don't have. by desds. Explicit fanart for "All women are real women" challenge (2012)
===Meta===
*"And Millicent Bulstrode's no pixie." by alice_and_lain. Meta, with recs (2004)
*Cat Scratch Fever: Hermione Granger/Millicent Bulstrode (Harry Potter) by ofangoriousone. The Shipper's Manifesto essay (2005)
===Recs===
*Millicent reclist by alice_and_lain (2005)
==Archives & Links==
* Millicent Bulstrode works on Ao3
* Millicant Bulstrode works on ff.net
* Millicent Bulstrode page on the Harry Potter Wiki
==References==
Category: Harry Potter Characters