[HPforGrownups] Re: Sexual Temptaion was: Stereotyping

[Helen R. Granberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 86773



There are two threads within this thread I am very interested in
(Sirius/Remus and the Seduction of Harry Potter), however, I will just
talk about the seduction of Harry.

Bellatrix... yes, she *is* an overtly sexual character. She is a
beautiful (or rather formerly beautiful) woman with all of the classic
femme fatale attributes. She oozes raw sexual power. I could see her at
one time having designs on James or Sirius or maybe even Remus or Snape.
I could see her perhaps trying to seduce Harry (it is something I would
dearly love to see her try for the sheer drama of it all), but... I
don't think it would a real temptation for him. Harry, going by what we
have seen of him so far, would be positively repulsed by Bellatrix. She
tortured the Longbottoms and left Neville a virtual orphan. She killed
Sirius. She seems to have a 'thing' for Voldemort (ew). She's evil,
evil, evil. She's mostly lost her good looks (Azkaban'll do that to ya).
I just don't see Harry in the least bit attracted to her in any way
whatsoever, other than to perhaps look at an old photograph and note
that she was a looker once. A scene where Bella has Harry all tied up
and is making sexual moves on him would be incredibly fascinating to
watch (heck, I've written something similar myself in fanfic). However,
Harry would be completely repulsed by her and everything she stands for
even if she were still beautiful. That's Harry. This is a kid who can
throw off the Imperious Curse, is immune to the Veela once he figures
out what they are all about, and is ambivalent about Fleur when all of
the boys are following her around with their tongues hanging out. Harry
has a strong will and a firm sense of values -- I don't think he would
be seduced or even tempted by Bellatrix.

Now... I *do* like the idea of Harry being seduced or at least falling
for someone older, more mature. However, I think if anyone will fill
this role, it will be Tonks. My gosh... she is the stuff of school boy
crushes. She's cool, she's an Auror, she's a shape changer, she's old
enough to be wise with the ways of the world, but young enough to still
be very attractive/attracted to a sixteen year old boy. She's the baby
sitter/young pretty teacher of school boy fantasy. The scene where she
is in his bedroom is rife with sexual innuendo -- she admires his
broomstick, 'wand still in your jeans? Both buttocks still on?'. Heck,
her NAME is rife with sexual innuendo. 

Tonks reaches out to Harry in almost every scene they are in together
and he very dutifully chronicles for us her every change in appearance.
Tonks, along with Remus and Moody, has been charged with keeping an eye
on Harry over the summer so he'll likely get a chance to get to know her
better. Harry/Tonks isn't a dark ship, but it is a slightly taboo ship
because of the age difference. However, because Harry is so distanced
from normal girls his own age by virtue of his experiences, I think it
is a ship that could float -- if only as a school boy crush. 

Helen, who would love to see the complex issues of emerging adolescent
sexuality explored, but knows the most we will ever see in canon are
weird dreams, veiled references to broomsticks, chocolate frog cards and
magic wands