Usually, scars are used in movies to show that a character is bad to the bone, or at least to the dermis. But rationally, we know that people with scars in the real world are just unlucky victims of trauma or surgery. So here are a potpourri of scars that illustrate more than scar-iness.
"Harry Potter and the Forehead Scar" Potter's magical hairstyle hides the fact that he's... ...Scarred and proud
Ah, grade school. A time when the world is fresh, human potential seems infinite, and any slight deviation from the norm means endless vicious teasing from your relentless peers. But young wizard Harry Potter is resilient. Even with a small defect, other kids might feel ostracized a la the pale, bald dude from "Powder." Not so, Potter. When he unabashedly reveals the lightning scar under his fashionable bangs, his colleague blurts out: "Cool." In the book versions, Harry Potter's lightning-shaped forehead scar is central, while the film version moves it sideways. Since Potter's forehead is usually covered by hair, moving the scar presumably saved the producers big money on makeup costs. They must have worried whether the film would break even financially. Silly muggles...
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