In bed with Harry Potter (Re: Sexual Temptaion )

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Berit Jakobsen" <belijako at o...> wrote:
> Jazmyn wrote:
> 
> > I find it hard to see how people see Bella as sexy.  She's 
> pathetic, whiny, insane and downright evil.  I could see her in bed 
> with Voldemort, but I think even he would be turned off by psycho-
> witch Bella.  We don't even see her husband close by her side in the 
> fighting, so maybe even he can't stand her.  I just cannot see 
> anything in the books to indicate an iota of sexiness there at all.
> 
> Berit replies:
> 
> The books says Bella used to be very beautiful before her Azkaban 
> sentence; tall, with black hair. Sounds sexy enough (according to 
> popular belief; men go by looks alone anyway :-) Of course she has 
> lost most of her good looks due to her imprisonment. But there's one 
> thing she's still got: Power and "radiance". Sure, it's evil, but 
> just look around, and you see that there are plenty of men who are 
> attracted to the "bad woman"-type. 
> 
> That said, I'm sure none of the male characters like Harry, Ron or 
> the men in the Order find her the least bit attractive! Because 
> they've met her, and when meeting the "real thing" any man would soon 
> discover there's not much to love about "evilness".
> 

Ha! Your observations seem to have missed out on a few important but 
rarely publicised factors.

1. Sexual attraction has very little to do with looks. If it did the world
population would  be much lower than it is.

Sure, it can be pleasant and fantasy-inducing to have attractive members
of the opposite sex around, but looks are just one of the ways that men
are drawn to women and probably the most superficial.

2. There is something very, very tempting about playing with fire, especially
in a sexual context. It can be almost irresistable and bloody dangerous.
Moths drawn to a flame. The regrets come later.

3. Power can be an aphrodisiac for both sexes.

Bella falls into the same category as Katherine the Great, Messalina and 
Mary Queen of Scots. Powerful, conniving, devious murderesses who never
lacked willing victims. Despite the casting policies of film makers, their looks
were not that striking; what mattered was the power of their personalities.

A more sympathetic but apparently equally irresistable woman was Sarah 
Bernhardt. Her wooden leg didn't seem to put her suitors off -  1,000 affairs 
including 7 Heads of State.

Looks are over-rated in these days of instant stardom. Probably because
we can never experience the overwhelming personal one-to-one power
that only a very few seem to have. Bella could be one of these. If she is 
Harry wouldn't stand a  chance. 

Kneasy