Sexy Witch Roll Call (was: Snape as Neville's teacher / JKR's sexy men roll call)

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 168499

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at ...> 
wrote:
>
> As a male HP fan, I demand equal time for the delectable *ladies* of
> the Potterverse!  Granted, there are fewer of them in Canon, and 
indeed
> some of my entries are historic or offstage personae whose sex 
appeal is only
> hypothetical.  But if I were to put together a female HP pinup 
calendar to
> compliment the one of the guys, here's what it would look like:
> 
> January: Madam Rosemerta
>   The classic barmaid!  If she looks anything (as I surmise) like 
the
>   waitresses at "Gulliver's", no wonder Ron fancies her!  I put
>   her in January because her mead and butterbeer will keep you warm
>   in winter. :)  (Look elsewhere if you seek Imperious Curse-
fighting
>   strength of character, though.)
> 
> February: Andromeda Tonks
>   We know virtually nothing about her at this point, but I imagine
>   her as like her daughter, but a bit more graceful and stately, 
like
>   the classical princess who shares her name.  I still hold out hope
>   she may play a role in _DH_ (with a connection to "Perseus 
Evans"??)
> 
> March: Madame Maxime
>   Based on "Hagrid's Tale", while stately and matronly, she's also
>   very brave and magically agile.  And let us not forget that she's
>   "an excellent dancer"!
> 
> April: Hestia Jones
>   This is probably the most speculative in my line-up, but
>   her classical namesake is Goddess of the Hearth, suggesting a
>   warm and hospitable personality.  And "pink-cheeked and
>   black-haired" is encouraging too. :)
> 
> May: Celestina Warbeck
>   The songs she sings in _HBP_ suggest to me the sorceress version
>   of Peggy Lee, who could really belt them out(!), and yet also had
>   her tender side.  (It was Peggy's tearful pleading that persuaded
>   Disney to let Trusty live at the end of _Lady and the Tramp_.)
> 
> June: Rowena Ravenclaw
>   "Fair Ravenclaw from glen" -- All this and brains too!
> 
> July: Helga Hufflepuff
>   "Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad", who vows to "teach the lot,
>   and treat them just the same".  (It seems appropriate somehow to
>   put her in the month of our hero's birth!)
> 
> August: Elladora Ketteridge
>   Granted this is a real stretch, since I don't think she's even
>   Canon: She's depicted on a wizard card in the computer game.
>   However, my excuse for her inclusion is that since there
>   are things in the computer games that were later "Canonized"
>   in the books (e.g. Fire Crabs and _Diffindo_), I'm assuming Jo
>   was consulted on the games, and that Elladora can be considered
>   "Virtually Canonical".  So, according to the wizard card, she is
>   the discoverer of Gillyweed, and looks like Glynis Johns in
>   the film, _The Court Jester_.
> 
> September: The Mermaid in the Prefect's Bathroom
>   No comment.  :)
> 
> October: The Weird Sisters
>   True, they're shown as a boy band in The-Film-That-Must-Not-Be-
>   Named, but I think Jo meant them to be named after the three 
sisters
>   in The-Scottish-Play-That-Must-Not-Be-Named, so my Gen-X mind sees
>   them as the witch equivalent of the Bangles, or maybe Josie and 
the
>   Pussycats. :)
> 
> November: Fleur Delacour
>   The alluring semi-Veela, whose love for her man goes deeper than
>   meets the eye!  (And I can't resist French girls!)
> 
> December: Nymphadora Tonks
>   I've saved the best for last!!  Sweet, sprightly, sassy, and with 
a
>   loving heart!  Honorary big sister to the Weasleys and source of
>   comfort to a tormented middle-aged werewolf!  (Also previously
>   reported in HP fandom as the inventor of "The Dance of the Seven
>   Noses".) :)
> 
> 
> Dave
>

Hickengruendler:

Where's Lily on that list? ;-)

Granted, she's ded, but so is Helga Hufflepuff, (who, by the way, I 
never saw as particularly sexy. I always imagined her more like the 
mothering type, like Molly Weasley, and the picture of her on JKR's 
website sort of confirmed this for me. Rowena on the other hand, 
definitely sexy ). Ditch the Weird Sisters, who I have always seen as 
male, and add our favourite sacrificial redhead* instead, and I'll 
buy the calendar. *g* 

*Dumbledore, of course, is my favourite sacrificial ex-redhead. ;-)

Hickengruendler