[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry, Hermione & Ron [SHIP + CRAB]

[Charlie Moody]

No: HPFGUIDX 74757

On Friday, August 1, 2003, at 05:17  PM, greatelderone wrote:

> [ Excellent comments on the veela, deleted ]

Some thoughts I had earlier about Ron & Fleur:

The veela seem to have the same effect on men as sirens, lamae,
& Hooter's waitresses:  they trigger an instinctive, mindless rush
of desire that drowns out everything else - specifically including
duty, loyalty, and love.  Okay, I'm kidding about the Hooter's part
(never been there), but still such creatures exist in the literature
of legend in recognition of the facts that lust can have this very
effect, especially on the newly-adolescent (and especially on
men?  Such figures are always female, but who knows why?),
and that this rush of feeling IS *NOT* love.

Indeed, a lesson every boy needs to learn on the way to becoming
a man is how to resist the veela of the world - otherwise, he risks
being dragged by his impulses through a pretty shallow (and very
possibly shorter-than-normal) life.  Having some experience w/ this
stuff (being a man & all), I have to say that this is "older-but-wiser"
territory for me....and for that reason, I'll need some serious
persuasion to convince me that Ron is, or ever was, "in love" with
Fleur in any meaningful sense.