witches of the world (was: Lavender vs Hermione)

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 160408

> >>Betsy Hp:
> > I do like the women I'm not sure I'm supposed to like (Narcissa,
> > Pansy, Lavender and Parvati) but part of that could well be the
> > blank slate effect. <g>

> >>Random832:
> It probably is, IMO. I mean... does Pansy even have a speaking     
> part?
> She gets page time, sure, which is more than we can say for Daphne
> Greengrass or Tracy Davis... but still, does she have any lines?
> Out of curiosity, how do you see Pansy, in terms of personality / 
> etc?

Betsy Hp:
Okay, I thought about this some more, and I've realized that it's 
not *all* blank slate.  For example, the reason I like Narcissa is 
because of her actions in Spinner's End.  To grab Becca's (I 
believe) description of Molly, Narcissa is a lion when it comes to 
her child (and possibly husband).  So I see something to admire 
there.

With Pansy... I agree with Magpie's thing about Pansy's 
vulnerability.  (Unlike Hermione: smart *and* pretty *and* above 
feeling the need to be pretty *and* popluar with all the cool boys 
*and* above the need to be popular with all the cool boys *and* so 
above being girly with the girls... -- blech.)  But there's another 
thing Pansy's got going for her.  Girl's got a sense of humor.

Sure, Umbridge's interview of Hagrid was horrible, but it was also 
funny.  And Pansy easily saw the humor in it.  She's often described 
as laughing, IIRC.  Whereas Hermione rarely is.  (Actually, Hermione 
doesn't seem to have much of a sense of humor at all.)

You know, another part of this may well be the "enemy of my enemy" 
thing, too.  I really dislike Molly.  And Narcissa is sort of the 
anti-Molly.  In a situation that would have had Molly crying in a 
heap on her kitchen floor, Narcissa put on her kickiest witch-boots 
and headed off to rescue her son.  Hermione reeks of disapproval of 
Pansy, and since I'm *positive* she'd have disapproved of me, well 
then, Pansy must be doing something right. <g>

Betsy Hp