Crushes on Female Characters

[Ersatz Harry]

No: HPFGUIDX 57060

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
> 
> Cindy -- wondering if guys crush on the HP female characters, and if 
> not, why not

Yes, um, well, er... not really.  Perhaps it has something to do with
age.  Speaking as a guy who, say, remembers Richard Nixon quite well,
there really aren't many female characters of the right age for me to
have a crush on.  (I assume for the moment, by the way, that we are
restricting ourselves to male crushes on females, but of course there
are other possibilities, and perhaps some of the males in this group
are also fond of, say, Severus or Remus or even that teddy bear Rubeus.)

Let's start with the staffers, shall we?  Minerva?  That would be like
having a crush on your own grandmother.  Pass.  Poppy?  Well, she's
got potential, I suppose, if you're into whatever sort of uniform
wizard doctors/nurses wear.  (She seems more like a stereotypical
school nurse in some ways, but she clearly has great medical talent.)
 Sybill?  Thank you, but no.  Madam Hooch (first name?) has got some
possibilities, but she's not really a well-developed character.  I
think that's it for the most significant female staffers, though I may
have missed someone.

Of course, there are other female characters aplenty.  While I have to
say that Lily Potter was portrayed as quite attractive in the movie
(sorry for the contamination), she has not yet been developed enough
as a character in the books.  Besides, she's, um, dead.  But a crush
on someone *like* Lily Potter is possible.  How about Petunia? 
Thanks, but I think I'd prefer Minerva, which is saying something. 
Aunt Marge?  Um... no.  How about Olympe, that vamp?  A bit too
dangerous for my tastes, not to mention tall.  Still, maybe she holds
some appeal for some of the male participants in this group.  So might
Narcisa, if her character is ever fleshed out beyond being a woman who
looks like she smells a rotting fish all the time.  How about Molly? 
Probably a bit too maternal to file under the "crush" category.

That brings us to the students.  Lest you think I am a sick man, let
me answer a slightly different question:  "Are there female characters
you might have had a crush on when you were the right age?"  To this
question, the answer is definitely yes.

But who, you ask?

At our most testosterone-laden points, many guys might have had a
crush on that part-veela creature Fleur.  Roger Davies certainly
seemed a bit ga-ga over her, as did Ron, of course, and even Harry for
a few moments.  No staying power, though; she's not very nice (so far)
and any crush would just be the hormones talking (or maybe screaming).
 Of course, sometimes that's all that matters.

Cho is probably closer to realistic.  Not only is she attractive (a
typical requirement for a crush), but she is out-and-out nice, and
wizard-athletic to boot.  But I have to confess that, when I started
reading the books, one other female character *distinctly* reminded me
of someone I *did* have a crush on at that age, and that character is,
of course, Hermione, despite (or perhaps because of) her being an
insufferable know-it-all.  I expect she will grow more appealing as
the books progress.

I think I can cross off Pansy Parkinson and Moaning Myrtle from my
list, but maybe I'm just being a bit provincial.

Any other males (or females) care to chime in on this one?

Ersatz Harry