Harry Potter, REALLY for Grown-Ups (well, PG-13 anyway)

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 164492

Betsy Hp:
"I don't know if JKR meant for it to come across this way, but it seems 
like the Gryffindors are the prudish house and the Slytherins the 
sensual house. It wouldn't surprise me if dirty pictures have made the 
rounds in the dungeons and wizarding versions of spin the bottle been 
played.

But yeah, we're not going to hear about it. <g>"


It is ELEMENTary.  Slytherin is the Water House and Gryffindor is the Fire
House.  Slytherins by nature are more sensual, as water is more sensual than
fire.  Of the two feminine houses, I'd imagine that you'd see a similar contrast
between Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.
Look at the Heads.  You can imagine Snape having a sex life--although the
details are not something one would like to dwell on, particularly before
dinner.  McGonnagal seems like a steel-plated virgin to me; look at her
name--MINERVA.  Minerva, Diana, and Hestia were the three goddesses in Classical
mythology over whom Venus had no power.  Similarly contrast the dried-up little
stick Flitwick--even if he was a dueling champion--with Pomona Sprout, both of
whose names suggest fertility.   
JKR has said that some of the teachers are or have been married, but their
spouses weren't relevant to the story so she didn't go into the details.  

Bruce Alan Wilson

"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man.  Other forms of
transport grow daily more nightmarish.  Only the bicycle remains pure in
heart."--Iris Murdoch



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