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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