Mother and Father figures

amy_marblefeet amy_marblefeet at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Jul 27 18:00:27 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 73478

There seems that Harry has rather more than his fair share of father 
figures in the series.  From Rubeus Hagrid to Severus Snape there 
seems to be the whole spectrum from easy going, laid back and 
embarrassing dads to the "I've got your best interests at heart" 
and "you can't go out looking like that" dads.

However for Mother figures there seems rather a drought.  There is 
Mrs Weasly and Hermione but there aren't really many others.  For 
that matter there aren't really that many female characters whose 
alliances aren't that clear.   It is clear where Mrs Lestrange stands 
on the whole Voldemort issue and is equally clear where Mrs Weasley 
stands.  There are no areas of speculation like there are with the 
father figures.  This is not a dig at the very few female character 
that are in the Potter series but the lack of uncertainty about the 
allegiance about the females that are there.

What Harry needs are some more grey matter girls.

Amy
who thinks that "The Father Figures and the Grey Matter Girls" would 
make a wonderful band name






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