[HPforGrownups] OOP: DADA Teacher

[Sheila]

No: HPFGUIDX 55505

 "derannimer" <susannahlm at yahoo.com> wrote:

<SNIP>
> Gina wrote:
> >>I totally agree. I immediately thought of a femme fatale. Not
> only that, but I thought of Snape. He's kind of the opposite of
> poisoned honey. Seems bitter, but is really good. We know Snape has
> always taken the opportunity to derise and sneer at the the DADA
> teachers. Maybe this DADA teacher could give him a run for his
> money. Love interest even? <<
>
> Woo-hoo! Yeah, actually, I immediately thought of that too, but
> figured that I. . . er. . . wasn't going to mention it. I thought
> maybe it was just my Bent SnapeFan-hood reasserting itself. But Gina,
> for the record, yeah.
>
> I hope we see something there. ; )
>
> Devika then wrote:
>
> >The word poisoned does have an evil connotation to me. However, I
> >really hope the new DADA teacher is not evil.
>
> Yeah, we've seen quite enough of those. But she doesn't necessarily
> have to be *evil* to be a femme fatale. She just has to be. . .
> *fatale.* ; )
>
> >When I thought about it some more, I decided that the new teacher
> >could be someone with a sweet personality who faced so much
> >suffering and loss during VWI that she has become bitter and
> >sorrowful. The sweetness of her personality has been "poisoned," so
> >to speak, by her grief and pain.
>
> Yeah. . . but that doesn't quite work. It's not "fermented honey," or
> something, it's *poisoned* honey. "Poisoned," to me, has clear
> connotations of *danger.*
</SNIP>

After reading this about the new DADA. The character reminds me a little of
the character of Ms. Parker from "The Pretender." -
http://www.tnt.tv/Title/Display/0,5918,334068~Series,00.html Ms. Parker is
"poisoned honey." *If you watched the show, you know what I'm talking
about.* She looks good. She looks so good and is sooo intimadting that boys
from all the houses like her. Even Draco Malfoy.  She prolly wears the
latest designer robes... She does her job and she does it very well. I'd bet
she could give Snape a run for his money. I bet she either was once thinking
about becoming a Death Eater or she lost someone or someones to Voldemorte's
movement.  But the "poisoned" part makes me think she's way more darker than
Snape even. I bet she gives a lot of "sickly sweet" smiles to students &
teachers alike.
</rambling speculations>

Sheila.
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