[HPforGrownups] After a Dementors Kiss - Now what? lots of questions

[Caius Marcius]

No: HPFGUIDX 3631


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From: "Monika Huebner" <monika at darwin.inka.de>
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Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] After a Dementors Kiss - Now what? lots of
questions


> On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:07:11 +1000, "storm stanford"
> <msmacgoo at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Now, this is a very interesting question. I have always wondered how
> dementors reproduced, but the dementor's kiss could be their way to
> "create" new dementors. Are dementors male, or are there any females?
> I doubt it, I always thought of them as asexual beings. I think a
> person that received the dementor's kiss will act like a zombie and
> perhaps really change into a dementor after a while.

This isn't a direct response to the question, but the Dementors - although
they are usually drawn to resemble The Ghost of Xmas Yet to Come - remind
somewhat of the supremely uncanny "Great Race" of HP Lovecraft's "The Shadow
out of Time." The resemblance is neither one of physical appearence, or of
intellectual prowess (The Great Race, however, possess an intelligence far
beyond the human, which the Dementors apparently do not possess) - rather,
it lies in the intensely unsettling impressions that these beings make on
the protagonists of both literary works, as well as upon the reader.

    - CMC

    - CMC