SICK ATTRACTION

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 139968

>Vivian wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/139906 :

>Also, it's interesting that Zabini's mother is a sexual predator.
She's been married "7" times and each man dies mysteriously. (Black
widow spider comes to mind.) I think this kid is a sexual predator,
too. >>

CatLady responded:
>I think Blaise's mother is a financial predator rather than a sexual
predator, because sex is her method but cruel sexual gratification is
not her goal; inheriting the rich wizards' fortunes is her goal.

>Which kid is a sexual predator, Blaise? Did he do anything in HBP
except stand around looking pretty and saying racist remarks?


vmonte:
I've been wrestling with whether or not to put up this theory. I
believe that the next book is going to touch on the darkest side of
attraction. Unfortunately, part of this theory is based on a gut
feeling, which I admit might be wrong. I realize that I may be torn
to shreds by certain posters on this list but here it goes...

I've always been uncomfortable with Draco's interactions with
Hermione. I realize that he is a racist, but I've always had a
feeling that there was more to it. I think that part of the reason
why Draco hates Hermione so much is because despite the fact that she
is a "mudblood" he is attracted to her.

I think that Zabini has this kind of suppressed attraction to Ginny.

"A lot of boys like [Ginny Weasley]," said Pansy, watching Malfoy out
of the corner of her eyes for his reaction. "Even you think she's
good-looking, don't you, Blaise, and we all know how hard you are to
please!"
"I wouldn't touch a filthy little blood traitor like her whatever she
looked like," said Zabini coldly, and Pansy looked pleased. Malfoy
sank back across her lap and allowed her to resume the stroking of
his hair. (p150, The Slug Club)

This next section is a conversation between Draco and Snape:

"It is an act that is crucial to success, Draco!" said Snape. "Where
do you think I would have been all these years, if I had not known
how to act? Now listen to me! You are being incautious, wandering
around at night, getting yourself caught, and if you are placing your
reliance in assistants like Crabbe and Goyle—"

"They're not the only ones, I've got other people on my side, better
people!" (P324, The Unbreakable Vow)


I think that Draco has enlisted the help of Zabini and Mclaggen:

"So, Zabini," said Malfoy, "what did Slughorn want?"

"Just trying to make up to well-connected people," said Zabini, who
was still glowering at Goyle. "Not that he managed to find many."

This information did not seem to please Malfoy. "Who else had he
invited?" he demanded.

"Mclaggen from Gryffindor," said Zabini.

"Oh yeah, his uncle's big in the Ministry," said Malfoy. (P149,150)
(I can almost hear the wheels turning in Malfoy's head.)


Zabini and Draco suppress their attractions, but Mclaggen does not.
He's got his hands all over Hermione at Slughorn's party, perhaps
trying to become "Keeper" in more ways than one.

I wonder if Hermione will realize something about Snape when she
figures out what Zabini, Draco, and Mclaggen are all about. I keep
thinking about the scene where Harry tells Hermione and Ron about the
prophecy and Hermione gets punched in the face with the telescope(?).
I wonder if something will be made clear to Hermione that will be
like a jolt, a punch in the face.

I also want to comment on the fact that Hermione has not actually
heard the prophecy, just Harry and Dumbledore's interpretation of it.
Hermione is very good at figuring things out. She was able to get
past Snape's potions test in PS because it was a logic test, and she
was able to figure out that Lupin was a werewolf from Snape's
homework essay (the same essay Snape took in 5th year during "Snape's
Worst Memory." I just want to add a side note that Snape must have
also known what Lupin was before the prank).

Maybe she will recognize Snape's style in it? "The Dark Lord"...

Anyway, I think that Snape's interest in Lily may have been very dark.

Slughorn:
"When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not
underestimate the power of obsessive love
" (The Half-Blood Prince,
Scholastic, page 186).

Vivian