The golden monkey speaks

[Amy Z <lupinesque@yahoo.com>]

Dumbledad wrote:

> The other thing puzzling me about Mrs Coulter is why she isn't 
> `sexy'? We've seen on this list recently how many of the HP male 
> baddies are way sexier than the HP male goodies, and most of the 
> reasons given apply equally well to Mrs. Coulter. In fact, those 
> reasons are obviously felt by the majority of characters in the 
book 
> who meet her. But it doesn't translate to the reader - why?

Because we're keeping one eye on the monkey.  

What I don't understand is why the people in the *books* don't notice 
that he is the polar opposite of attractive.  Maybe, like Will, they 
do notice, but find her hard to resist anyway.

Re: accessing the WW with the subtle knife: great idea, Jim!  Several 
years of countless Muggles' poking at the walls of King's Cross have 
yielded no results (at least, none anyone has reported), so it's time 
for desperate measures.  With an infinite number of parallel worlds, 
surely Hogwarts and Harry exist in one?  But remember, each time you 
try, you create a Dementor.  Um, I mean a Specter.

Amy Z
whose daemon is a meerkat