Missing character

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No: HPFGUIDX 60883

I've been thinking - I'll try anything at least once. As you can see below I've tried to 
match the characters in the books to traditional  roles. ( Hope this formats properly )

Hero                         Harry
Heroine                    Uncertain; probably Hermione, could be Lily
Excitable sidekick     Ron
Nerdy sidekick          Hermione
Mentor                      Dumbledore
Conscience               Hermione, McGonagall
Support team           The Weasleys
Damaged and
anguished heroes     Sirius, Lupin
Bluff, kindly charac.  Hagrid
Evil mastermind       Voldemort
'Igor'                        Wormtail
Baddies                    Malfoy, father and son
Baddies dim
henchmen                Crabbe and Goyle, fathers and sons
Nasty stepmother     Petunia
Man of Mystery         Snape
Bumbling fool           Fudge
Butt of jokes,tricks   Neville

This leaves two vacancies - both of which are believable only as Harry grows older; 
firstly, to please the Shippers, there's the love interest. ( See any page on the list.) 
Whoever finally fills the role is likely to have been introduced already.

But where is the Evil Temptress? The beautiful female enemy agent who worms her 
way into the hero's affections / confidence with the intention of betraying him, or 
goes after his sidekick to disrupt unity. Fleur and Cho are unlikely to have the 
background or experience to play the part. It would need someone a bit more mature 
to flatter and beguile an impressionable growing lad.

It's a bit of an oddity that the only non-pupil female who is described as in any way 
attractive is Madame Rosmerta, and she fulfills the sterotype of the traditional 
barmaid. All the rest appear to be 'motherly' or 'professional' sterotypes.

Do witches become cosmetically challenged as they mature? I doubt it. There's 
definitely a gap there. I don't necessarily predict that it will be filled in the next book, 
but eventually it will be.

Kneasy