Missing character

[hedwigstalons]

No: HPFGUIDX 100934

In response to Kneasy and Jason's threads on the Missing Character 
(refs. below):

I think that we have not met the evil temptress yet, if there is 
going to be one.  Harry had his first attempt at romance with Cho and 
he'll be 16 too, the age at which many people experience their 
first "serious" romance. (Cho was just a warm-up, not anything 
serious, just the normal bumbling of early adolesence--remember being 
there >:( ?!?!-- )Plus, he's got lots of anger, sorrow and even 
guilt, now is the time for an "Evil Temptress" to enter the stage.

It seems that none of the characters we've met yet would fit the bill 
of "Evil Temptress" - they're either too familiar to Harry, too much 
older than him, or just _not_ evil!

Books 6 & 7 will have surprises, and this may be one of them!

HedwigsTalons



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jason" <shrtbusryder2002 at y...> 
wrote:
> --- 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