[HPforGrownups] Crushes on HP characters/Re:Crush on teachers

[Maria Kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 48049


 "muttick2001 <muttick2001 at yahoo.com>" <muttick2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Did anyone else have a huge crush on Prof Lupin? 

>I'm really hoping he'll be in the next book.  I beleive he >will be, 
>because I think Dumbledore sent him and others an owl in >the last 
>book.  I found his wry amusement and calm manner >brilliant.  Anyone 
>else agree?

Me:

Oh, I absolutely agree, Lupin is my favourite character. He is great! I'm also glad that he will be in Book 5 - that's already certain, I think. Was this talked about in any interview?

Acire wrote:

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

Me: 

To me Lupin seems much too nice for anybody already present in the books. Maybe if there was some *very nice* other character, it could be.

Acire also wrote:

>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. 

Well, it wouldn't be too fair to handsome people if they couldn't be hired as teachers if students had crushes on them, would it? At school we always had a number of handsome teachers, but it didn't bother anyone.

Besides, a *crush* is one thing, and *love* is another. "Crush" implies superficial affection. Lupin and Snape don't strike me as people you could have a crush on, but you could well fall in love with both of them - I know I did. <g>

Maria, who really should be studying for finals



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