[HPforGrownups] FLOPSIE - FLeur's Obviously a Pretentious Snob, Irritating Everybody

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 28496


Tuesday, October 30, 2001, 5:02:13 PM, John Walton wrote:

JW> Firstly, zee accente. Eet eez zo cliched, n'est-ce pas? Et veree
JW> eereetateeng. Grr.

Not Fleur's fault. -- Could you tone down the phonetic dialects
in the next book please, JKR?  (I also blame Mark Twain for
ridiculous printed dialects...)

JW> Secondly, she is a snob. We're supposed to dislike her, 'eavy 'ogwarts food
JW> and all.

Again, I think she will "lighten up"... If she thinks Hogwarts is so
repulsive, why does she seem so anxious to get a job there?

JW> Third, isn't our acronym SO much better than yours? ::evil grin::

I'm open to other suggestions... FLARES was a spur-of-the-moment
choice...

JW> Fourth, she has a wee sister, who is annoyingly likely to turn up in later
JW> books.

As long as she doesn't talk like Bess in _Little Men_ (i.e. annoying
baby talk), I don't care. :) :)

JW> Fifth, she's a veela. Eeeeew! Nasty dark creature! Yuck!

Werewolves are also "Nasty dark creatures", yet we have Lupin...
Actually all the books on magical beings I've read suggest Veela
are okay, generally.  (Only thing about Veela is, don't get them
mad...)

-- 
Dave  (Who is always defensive about Veela because he's written a book
that features three very nice ones...)