Tonks/Sorting Hat (Was: Harry Potter is Anti-Woman/Secret Sorting Hat)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 181085

> Carol responds:
> I agree that Tonks didn't live up to her potential to be a strong
> female character (and I never saw the point of making her clumsy;
> maybe JKR thinks that's an endearing trait, but it never played into
> the plot.)

Pippin:
Actually, the clumsiness is much less evident when she's not with
Lupin. Similarly, Ginny gets clumsy around Harry (putting her
elbow in the toast and so on.)

And why should readers feel that female characters who get  emotional
are weak, but male characters who get emotional are interesting?

Carol:
> New topic:

<snip>
> 
> Help. I think the poor Sorting Hat does the best it can to place kids
> where they belong, but when it sees what's in their minds, it sees
> wishes as well as aptitudes. 

Pippin:
My latest theory is that if it weren't for blood status,  everyone would
be a Slytherin by nature, but anyone can choose to be something else.
Is there a character who doesn't want power? Or won't deceive to get
what he/she wants?

Pippin