Stereotypes (was Re: Female Characters and Mentoring (WAS...

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No: HPFGUIDX 29111

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Jason Bailey <jbailey at r...> wrote:
> Cac> *evil look* That better not be Fleur bashing I see!
> No bashing her. I actually began to like Fleur after the second
> task...once we moved beyond the stereotypical character :) My 
reasons
> are similar to yours...and I'd like to see a more experienced DADA
> instructor as Harry needs a lot more training. I think Fake Moody 
and
> Lupin did a good job, but there were two years on nothing and the 
end
> of each year they miss several lessons. I want a strong witch in the
> position, possibly an other ex-auror.

Precisely - Mrs. Arabella Figg, perhaps?
 
> I think Fleur would be nightmare...all the boys ogling; the girls
> being jealous. We'd be driven crazy by zee accent! Of course...her
> English would improve and by the end of the book maybe she'd 
pronounce
> things properly :) Oh...I'll be nice and not mention anything about
> zee water demons.

Hmm... Maybe she'd be up to teaching something else? Something she IS 
very good at?