Veela's (waylaying women)

[Rosmerta]

No: HPFGUIDX 23764

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:
> Just for grinsies, can anyone think of a creature that waylays 
women by
> the same device? 

I myself am imagining a being that's a cross between Mr. Clean, the 
Pillsbury Dough Boy and a large pillow. 

But seriously, maybe we should start by looking at who has waylaid 
*our* listie females? A convicted serial killer who hasn't had a 
decent haircut and shave in 13 years, and a nearly reclusive, now-
unemployed werewolf. It's a tiresome cliche, but it seems to hold 
mostly true in HP: women go for the tortured souls, and men, at least 
initially, for the sheets of platinum blonde whatever (c.f. any 
description of Fleur etc.) [Exceptions here would be, surprisingly, 
Krum, who falls for not-patently-gorgeous Hermione, and, some would 
argue, Ron. But not Harry, who pines after pretty, unattainable Cho.]


~Rosmerta 
who's also remembering that the Veela turn into ugly monsters when 
their team starts to lose.