Crush on Teachers was: Wizard Fertility was:Wizard Lifespan vs. Muggle

[ats_fhc3 <the.gremlin@verizon.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48015

Chris wrote:
"Just an idea thought regarding both Snape and Lupin, but they must 
both be very young for such important posts and some of their pupils 
might end up with crushes on them.  Now, a charm of some kind might 
just make them less attractive to young females to avoid scandal."

I'm going to assume that you've been confused by the the recent 
thread on why Snape is appealing to women. Read: Snape is *not* 
physically attractive. However, it might be possible that there are 
some older students who find the same things Snape's fans find 
appealing, and then develop a crush on him from there. However, I 
think the charm worked too well on Snape.

As in Lupin's case, he *was* young, but he looked older. The 
description of Lupin is that his hair has grey in it, and he looks 
ill and exhausted. And for some reason, my mental image has him 
wearing glasses. It is more likely for students to develop crushes 
on Lupin then it is on Snape.

However, perhaps some older students had crushes on Lupin, and we 
just didn't hear about it. Harry was in his third year at the time, 
and doesn't really start noticing the opposite sex until the end of 
the year, when he sees Cho Chang. 

A lot of the female students had crushes on Lockhart, too, and no 
one seemed to have a problem with that. DD probably knew that a lot 
of the female students would find him attractive, but he didn't seem 
to do anything about it. Maybe he just figured to let nature run 
it's course. And no one said that the teachers were finding the 
students attractive (unless you're a Snape/Hermione shipper).

-Acire, who wonders how this post got so long, and wants to know if 
anyone has ever paired Lupin with anybody.