Missing character

[Jason]

No: HPFGUIDX 100916

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> 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



Going back through old posts just before the release of OOTP and ran 
across this. The thread ended before the book was published and as 
far as i can tell, not revisited.

We did get a few new female characters and more info on some we 
already knew.

Kneasy, or anyone else, did you find anyone to fill the temptress 
role before the end of the story? 

Lets see, theres the new characters of Umbridge and Tonks. We got 
lots of juicy stuff on Bellatrix. A few new insights into Narcissa 
and Susan Bones. And maybe the most likely, (or not) Luna.

Love to get your imput everyone.

Jason